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I brought this up in r/ProjectFi (a google/android subreddit) and was wholly ridiculed and dismissed "for not knowing anything". It seems brand loyalty has bec

I brought this up in r/ProjectFi (a google/android subreddit) and was wholly ridiculed and dismissed "for not knowing anything". It seems brand loyalty has become similar to American politics with little-to-no middle ground or room for unbiased opinion. I'm glad to see a realistic approach to mobile security. We need more scrutiny in this area.

wheelerwj 10y ago
polarized is a good way to describe it. because a lot of the time, when you criticize a particular component, people assume your automatically promoting the alternative as opposed to having a discussion/wanting to improve the qaulity of the thing you are talking about. its unfortunate.
Someone1234 10y ago
ProjectFi only works with Nexus (and Pixel) devices, which aren't impacted by this. So posting complaints about manufacturers which aren't Fi compatible on the Fi subreddit seems unusual and may have resulted in some of the negative feedback you received.
- lvs 10y ago
  That may not be true. Fi works with (and was marketed with) the Nexus 6 which is EOL as of this month (Oct 2016). That means the OS version will be halted at Android 7, as I understand it. They may still receive security updates, but I don't believe Google has said how long they'll be doing that for.
  - kevincox 10y ago
    It will get no more version upgrades, but it still has at least a year of security updates (depending on when it went out of the play store). I'm not saying new versions wouldn't be nice but personally that seems like a minor advantage.
gdulli 10y ago
Extrapolating a reddit community to the whole population is like saying all Republicans are deplorable.
- myowncrapulence 10y ago
  That's not the only place I've experienced mass bias about android vs. mac. Also, to say that I'm extrapolating to the whole population is assuming. I was simply pointing out the state of small communities I've been exposed to.

wheelerwj 10y ago

polarized is a good way to describe it. because a lot of the time, when you criticize a particular component, people assume your automatically promoting the alternative as opposed to having a discussion/wanting to improve the qaulity of the thing you are talking about. its unfortunate.

Someone1234 10y ago

ProjectFi only works with Nexus (and Pixel) devices, which aren't impacted by this. So posting complaints about manufacturers which aren't Fi compatible on the Fi subreddit seems unusual and may have resulted in some of the negative feedback you received.

lvs 10y ago
That may not be true. Fi works with (and was marketed with) the Nexus 6 which is EOL as of this month (Oct 2016). That means the OS version will be halted at Android 7, as I understand it. They may still receive security updates, but I don't believe Google has said how long they'll be doing that for.
- kevincox 10y ago
  It will get no more version upgrades, but it still has at least a year of security updates (depending on when it went out of the play store). I'm not saying new versions wouldn't be nice but personally that seems like a minor advantage.

gdulli 10y ago

Extrapolating a reddit community to the whole population is like saying all Republicans are deplorable.

myowncrapulence 10y ago
That's not the only place I've experienced mass bias about android vs. mac. Also, to say that I'm extrapolating to the whole population is assuming. I was simply pointing out the state of small communities I've been exposed to.