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Why use a new OS from a company with historically bad customer support, will likely report everything you do back to google HQ for analytics and frequently aban

by ProAm 9y ago

Why use a new OS from a company with historically bad customer support, will likely report everything you do back to google HQ for analytics and frequently abandons projects once developers get tired of it. Sounds like a computing nightmare, I'd be very hesitant to voluntarily use it.

thethimble 9y ago
And yet, Android is the single most used operating system in the world and Chrome is the single most used browser...
- ProAm 9y ago
  That's why I said voluntarily. Realistically there are 2 cell phone OS's to choose from, Android and iOS. Android is broken a lot of the time and people are forced to either find workarounds or do without functionality. I dont use Chrome but Firefox. But the masses will use it if its forced on them.
  - colemickens 9y ago
    >Android is broken a lot of the time and people are forced to either find workarounds or do without functionality Continuing to see this parroted is about as silly as the "Android OS includes ads" which is another comment that lets me know the author hasn't actually used the platform for themselves.
    - ProAm 9y ago
      Im speaking from personal experience. From not being able to write to the SD card with updates to the Gmail Outlook/Exchange Sync being broken in Oreo, to gmail messages being delivered hours or days late due to doze and GCM messaging. It's not parroting when its true.
- throw2016 9y ago
  Allowing Google to stalk even more people and legitimize the world's largest surveillance operation. Not a good thing.
- JdeBP 9y ago
  Recently, people have started awarding that distinction to Minix. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15681016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15681016 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888

by ProAm 9y ago

thethimble 9y ago

And yet, Android is the single most used operating system in the world and Chrome is the single most used browser...

ProAm 9y ago
That's why I said voluntarily. Realistically there are 2 cell phone OS's to choose from, Android and iOS. Android is broken a lot of the time and people are forced to either find workarounds or do without functionality. I dont use Chrome but Firefox. But the masses will use it if its forced on them.
- colemickens 9y ago
  >Android is broken a lot of the time and people are forced to either find workarounds or do without functionality Continuing to see this parroted is about as silly as the "Android OS includes ads" which is another comment that lets me know the author hasn't actually used the platform for themselves.
  - ProAm 9y ago
    Im speaking from personal experience. From not being able to write to the SD card with updates to the Gmail Outlook/Exchange Sync being broken in Oreo, to gmail messages being delivered hours or days late due to doze and GCM messaging. It's not parroting when its true.
throw2016 9y ago
Allowing Google to stalk even more people and legitimize the world's largest surveillance operation. Not a good thing.
JdeBP 9y ago
Recently, people have started awarding that distinction to Minix. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15681016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15681016 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888