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Switch to android and become a happy power user! It's an open and better ecosystem for almost everyone involved - users, developers and phone makers.
by pyeri 3y ago
Switch to android and become a happy power user! It's an open and better ecosystem for almost everyone involved - users, developers and phone makers.
- rozap 3y agoI think you forgot the /s tag? As a longtime android user, google is one of the worst offenders in this. One of the recent OS updates broke my bluetooth connection to my car, and that was the only new "feature" that I noticed. Both platforms have their own problems unique to them, but both platforms do share this issue.
- pyeri 3y agoActually no. Google is merely the developer of AOSP (Android Open Source Project). The actual implementation and pushing of updates is up to your OEM or phone maker. Some OEMs are graceful in pushing updates, others aren't. But none to my knowledge pushes forced updates that user can't disable? Besides, you can always Flash/Root/etc. in the Android world with the power user shoes when something goes wrong, you can't do that in the Apple world.
- withinboredom 3y agoIm not sure I would want root access to my car. Sounds like a liability nightmare in the event of a crash.
- rozap 3y agoThis was on a pixel, so the update was from google. And I don't want to root the phone, I just want it to work.
- latexr 3y agoLet’s please not turn this into a flamewar. There are dozens of reasons to not use Android, like there are dozens of reasons to use it. It’s a personal choice. When someone asks “how can I avoid this one thing”, the answer isn’t “switch to this alternative which has seventeen different problems you’ll dislike more”. The OP is asking a question on Hacker News. Surely they have heard of Android. They might even use it, since the given example concerns macOS, to which Android isn’t an alternative in the slightest.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoGiven that the OP is asking about a problem caused by not having enough control over the software they're running, it's entirely valid to respond by suggesting software that gives the user more control.
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- isodev 3y agoBut realistically for the end user, an Android device only gives the impression of control, does not mean it will never update and keep working.
- latexr 3y agoGiven that the OP is asking for legal guidance and not a software recommendation, it is entirely invalid and unhelpful to respond by suggesting any software. That’s particularly wrong when that software is not a real alternative, has a different set of constraints, and we have no idea if the OP uses it. As is already obvious by the conversation that is forming, the commenter’s post isn’t even a universal truth. They made an argument which doesn’t apply at all and we’ll end up with a bunch of unproductive comments. Flamewars only produce anger and division. Don’t start them.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoAndroid and Google Android are the different things. I just was nagged to deinstall an app because Google, despite disabled Google Protect, d€termined it knows better.