Google shouldn't allow manufacturers to do what with their free software? The manufacturer can do whatever they want...which is the same exact reason that the cyanogenmod team can do whatever they want and that is why we have the great CM7 nightlies.
CM team can mod the software all they want, its opensource, and the result of their work is a "try at your own risk" product.
HTC (for example) on the other hand is releasing an actual device. They should be held to keeping that device up to date, for atleast as long as the OFFICIAL software revisions (froyo/gingerbread/icecream/whatever) continue to support the actual hardware of that device.
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