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> the new mega-application in Android for OS updates Sorry, what are you talking about?

• andybak 13y ago
  Probably Google Play Services http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-sl...
  • lcedp 13y ago
    I see. I surely knew about this but I failed to make a connection to it. How is it bad thing?
    • nolok 13y ago
      It's aimed at fighting fragmentation that HN lament so much about by providing the core Google service in apps rather than the OS, but now people complain that more and more of google code is in binary apps rather than the open source OS.