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"I've been pretty happy with my Google hardware so far". I have a pixel phone. The hardware is impressive. The software is total junk. Everything is designed f

"I've been pretty happy with my Google hardware so far". I have a pixel phone. The hardware is impressive. The software is total junk. Everything is designed for to make you into an obsessive-compulsive phone junky. How many stupid alerts and notifications do I need per second. How many ads must I watch? I went back to an iphone despite feeling like the pixel was actually a really good piece of hardware. And an iPhone is not that much better any more.

JohnBooty 3y ago
Everything is designed for to make you into an obsessive-compulsive phone junky. [...] And an iPhone is not that much better any more. Regardless of OS, this seems like it's almost entirely down to the apps you use and the notification settings you pick. No? I rarely use Android so I may just be unfamiliar.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  The defaults are different. I was surprised to find that Android apps didn't have to ask to send notifications, rather you had to turn them off, but this was changed in Android 13 near the end of 2022.
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technothrasher 3y ago
I switched to an iPhone about a year ago, and got annoyed at the pushy things iOS was doing that Android wasn't. So I switched back to Android recently, only to find that many of the annoying iOS things had now been adopted by Google. Great, thanks. I'll stick with Android for the near future though, as with a custom rooted ROM I can at least remove a lot of 'unremovable' stuff, even if I now have to play annoying cat and mouse games with apps trying to detect my rooted device and disable themselves.
zik 3y ago
I'm honestly confused by this comment. I use a Pixel phone and the reason I prefer it over my previous Samsung experiences is the UI is toned back and doesn't hit you with distractions.
- antifa 3y ago
  Does pixel have forced updates? Samsung phones do.
matheusmoreira 3y ago
The best thing about Google phones is they're ironically the easiest devices to de-Google. Install GrapheneOS on it.

JohnBooty 3y ago

Everything is designed for to make you into an obsessive-compulsive phone junky. [...] And an iPhone is not that much better any more. Regardless of OS, this seems like it's almost entirely down to the apps you use and the notification settings you pick. No? I rarely use Android so I may just be unfamiliar.

hot_gril 3y ago
The defaults are different. I was surprised to find that Android apps didn't have to ask to send notifications, rather you had to turn them off, but this was changed in Android 13 near the end of 2022.

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technothrasher 3y ago

I switched to an iPhone about a year ago, and got annoyed at the pushy things iOS was doing that Android wasn't. So I switched back to Android recently, only to find that many of the annoying iOS things had now been adopted by Google. Great, thanks. I'll stick with Android for the near future though, as with a custom rooted ROM I can at least remove a lot of 'unremovable' stuff, even if I now have to play annoying cat and mouse games with apps trying to detect my rooted device and disable themselves.

zik 3y ago

I'm honestly confused by this comment. I use a Pixel phone and the reason I prefer it over my previous Samsung experiences is the UI is toned back and doesn't hit you with distractions.

antifa 3y ago
Does pixel have forced updates? Samsung phones do.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

The best thing about Google phones is they're ironically the easiest devices to de-Google. Install GrapheneOS on it.