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It feels like Google has a team dedicated to finding new and idiotic ways to make Android more annoying. The most recent annoyance I experienced was the "Welco

It feels like Google has a team dedicated to finding new and idiotic ways to make Android more annoying. The most recent annoyance I experienced was the "Welcome to [State]" announcement every time you're using Google Maps navigation and you cross a state line. Really, Google? You had to interrupt my music for that?

Djvacto 9y ago
I can't imagine you're crossing multiple state lines in a short enough time that this is any more annoying than google maps navigation instructions. Things like that aren't universally liked or dis-liked, but I can see that for you it was way more annoying than it is for me. Have you checked if you can turn it off?
- gthtjtkt 9y ago
  > I can't imagine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_State_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_State_Area I searched and found no way to disable it at the time. I don't re-do that search on a regular basis so I can't say if that's changed since then. And no single annoyance is a huge issue, but when you view this in the larger context of Android's cacophony of distracting annoyances it starts to become mildly infuriating. Everything you do, Android seems to have some way of pestering you about it. Your phone starts to feel like a telemarketer in your pocket.
stordoff 9y ago
I almost feel like there's a slight trend away from technology just _quietly_ doing its job, and instead wanting to be noticed/the centre of attention. I've noticed it with Windows - I've started getting "Defender has scanned your computer and found no threats" notifications, and I've had prompts to rate default apps (not sure if it was Groove Music or the default Photos application on Windows Phone). It also happens on Xbox - I've been part-way through watching a DVD only to get a notification "Use Cortana to do X" (which was doubly frustrating because it was foreign language content and it covered the subtitles).

Djvacto 9y ago

I can't imagine you're crossing multiple state lines in a short enough time that this is any more annoying than google maps navigation instructions. Things like that aren't universally liked or dis-liked, but I can see that for you it was way more annoying than it is for me. Have you checked if you can turn it off?

gthtjtkt 9y ago
> I can't imagine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_State_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_State_Area I searched and found no way to disable it at the time. I don't re-do that search on a regular basis so I can't say if that's changed since then. And no single annoyance is a huge issue, but when you view this in the larger context of Android's cacophony of distracting annoyances it starts to become mildly infuriating. Everything you do, Android seems to have some way of pestering you about it. Your phone starts to feel like a telemarketer in your pocket.

stordoff 9y ago

I almost feel like there's a slight trend away from technology just _quietly_ doing its job, and instead wanting to be noticed/the centre of attention. I've noticed it with Windows - I've started getting "Defender has scanned your computer and found no threats" notifications, and I've had prompts to rate default apps (not sure if it was Groove Music or the default Photos application on Windows Phone). It also happens on Xbox - I've been part-way through watching a DVD only to get a notification "Use Cortana to do X" (which was doubly frustrating because it was foreign language content and it covered the subtitles).