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they often can't

proprietary drivers for phone parts are often not updated to support newer kernels



That's the point: these drivers should get updated. Obviously the low-level component manufacturers don't want to do this, but perhaps we need to find a way to incentivize them to do so. And if that fails, to legally force them.




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