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> - I can't just plug my Google phone into an external display to mirror it. Uh, hello?? DisplayPort out is explicitly disabled in the source code with no reaso
by KomoD 3y ago
> - I can't just plug my Google phone into an external display to mirror it. Uh, hello?? DisplayPort out is explicitly disabled in the source code with no reason given
This apparently changes with the Pixel 8
> - I can't access my text messages from my Android phone (without a separate app like SMS Backup & Restore) -- go ahead, try it. Yeah, do an adb backup. Maybe rooting your phone would give you access, but it's impossible otherwise AFAIK. And I think rooting your phone deletes everything in the process.
> - I can't access my phone backup. It's ONLY stored on Google's servers. The only way to even get close is to restore it to a phone. This is a physical device I bought and literally am holding in my hand but can't access all the stuff on it! Did you know you can just plug in an iPhone into Windows or Macs and dump a backup to your computers? It's all right there, text messages, system settings, contacts, photos, databases, EVERYTHING (except maybe hardware-protected keys). It's amazing.
This is not applicable for all Android phones
> - Do I even need to mention all the Google shenanigans? We all know what I'm talking about, right? The mess of messengers... the killing of various services, the lack of support, the stronger integration with ads and tracking.
No I don't, none of the dead services have impacted me, what mess of messengers? Lack of support for what?
- pests 3y agoI don't have an opinion but.. > what mess of messengers? Meet, Hangouts, GChat, Talk, Allo, Duo, Meet, Voice, Messenger. Fi and RCS barely. With various levels of integration, merging, and unmerging of the services over the years.
- dryanau 3y agoI've been on Android for more than a decade, and I still don't know what I'm "supposed" to be using. I have switched out that stuff for third party apps a few years back. Was a disaster zone, I'm sure it still is.
- pests 3y agoI hate to beat a dead horse but its been an issue even before Android. I had gmail in the inital invite-only launch back in 2004. They added their first real chat feature into gmail (back when gmail was the only google service you needed an account for) in 2006, 2 years before Android. I don't even know what they call that chat-inside-gmail these days. Talk? Chat? I remember it getting merged with Hangouts eventually and then un-merged. Or was that Voice? I was on Voice too as GrandCentral back before Google bought them. The mp3 ringback functionality which was the first feature lost in the purchase. Ended up reminiscing a bit there but its been a crazy ride in the Google sphere.
- rusk 3y agoThat was google "Buzz" - a very simple XMPP based chat app, that it really wouldn't have hurt to hold on to. Last I heard it was merged into hangouts yeah, but hopefully it should still work with standalone XMPP clients ...
- maxerickson 3y agoThey've more or less got it down to Messages (SMS and RCS) and Gmail chat.
- izacus 3y agoI don't understand the deep misguidedness of your question. You've been on Android for decade, keep using what you've been using and you like. When did people become too dumb to choose a thing they like and started demanding socialism?
- _Algernon_ 3y ago>started demanding socialism Tf is this supposed to mean in this context?
- sofixa 3y agoSocialism has started being adopted as a synonym for "something I don't like and/or don't understand". It would be funny if the word didn't have an existing meaning.
- rusk 3y ago> "something I don't like and/or don't understand" In particular "something I have no need for but lots of other people do but I don't care about them"
- _ea1k 3y agoSome of the ones that I've liked have literally disappeared, or at least become practically unmaintained (eg, Google Voice). Not to mention fairly nice features like SMS and Hangouts integration that were ripped out into separate apps again. It has been a confusing mess.
- _ea1k 3y agoThe sad thing is that they were in a good position with this with Google Talk. But they used extremely creative tactics to reposition themselves into a complete mess.
- pmontra 3y agoEverybody use WhatsApp here (east of the Atlantic Ocean,) even on iPhones, because you never know which kind of phone all your friends are using. Apple and Android could stop developing their messaging apps and nobody would notice. SMSes are only for banks and spam.
- throwaway290 3y agoeveryone uses whatsapp, except those using telegram or facebook messenger.
- riffraff 3y agoLucky you, I still have contacts using Viber
- throwaway290 3y agoRight, forgot to list that one
- ido 3y agoSignal?
- TheHappyOddish 3y agoNone of these are significant in my country of almost 30m people. You are in a bubble.
- throwaway290 3y agoNot everyone and as soon as you go to another country they are using another messenger so unless you want to never communicate with them again you will have both installed
- Scoring6931 3y agoGiven that iMessage has 1.3 billion active monthly users, WhatsApp has 2 billion and Facebook Messenger with 3, I don’t believe they are the one living in a bubble.
- tEMporality7 3y agoIt has all distilled down to RCS Messages and other messenger apps so stop worrying about what Google is doing and start using whichever app your family and friends are on.