We have early access to Android Security Bulletin patches and will be able to set up a workflow where we can have releases already built and tested prior to the embargo ending. For now, we've still been doing the builds after the embargo ends. It will mainly help when they screw up pushing to AOSP.
It’s ridiculous that this sort of fuckery is even possible, considering that it’s supposed to be Free Software.
It’s still free, they’re just refunding the frequency of public updates, is my understanding.