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la_oveja
9y ago
and force me to use some propietary-built webkit? Nah, thank you.
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9y ago
You don't need GApps to run Android. The only closed source blob you need is chipset and modem drivers. And no: AOSP is Android. It's like saying that Linux is not Linux unless you bundle it with GNU-utils and wrapped by Canonical
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la_oveja
9y ago
Based on Electron. So this is Chromium, but with less features? EDIT: It also claims less battery consumption. May I ask some proof?
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la_oveja
9y ago
> Linux Snap Coming soon! Soon™
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la_oveja
9y ago
Please, can you guess me the numbers of the EuroMillions lotto?
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9y ago
OnePlus has become a pretty big player from zero.
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9y ago
You can store any kind of files on iCloud or only photos/video?
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9y ago
Android is actually FLOSS. The problem comes when people want to add a Google account. You can use a free version of Android? Yeah! You are going to lack some stuff tho. Google Play Services provides geolocation services, the app store, pus
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9y ago
Good thing I can compile my own Android builds.
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9y ago
> If this is just going to run games programmed with OpenGL [...] dude, we're riding the Vulkan wave now!
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9y ago
Cookie law is pretty much a joke, as the parent comment stated. But there are some serious and useful regulations in the EU that aren't a joke. And if FB is banned from Europe (which I highly doubt), the average user won't be able
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9y ago
In Spain "credit bureaus" can't track you if you don't sign up for it. But on the other side, banks and other establishments can share a list of "unpaid debtors", which disappearing from is kinda difficult.
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9y ago
I keep my device updated thanks to these custom builds. I use them as my daily driver, totally recommended.
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9y ago
If you're selling something in the EU, you gotta stick to EU laws. It's not about where is the company from, it's about where it's making business. Simple as that.
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9y ago
My OnePlus One has Android 7.1.2 and August security patch (thanks to Paranoid Android)
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9y ago
> Then they start to accumulate cruft and slow down, eventually becoming barely usable. When naive users install 3 different weather widgets, 2 battery meters and a custom launcher, you start to understand why people say mid-range phones
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9y ago
If you break/lose your phone it's your problem, dude. My Androids are lasting ~4 years each.
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9y ago
Explain to me why I can't disable it for my home PC.
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9y ago
bitstamp worked pretty fine, if I don't remember wrong
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9y ago
Try Telegram, I use it like it was MSN Messenger back then <3
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9y ago
coinbase's android app is utter shit. sorry but had to say it
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9y ago
dude wtf, you have a magic ball that can see the future actions of others? geez, your comment made me sick
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9y ago
In my android if you double-tap the notification bar it'll lock the device.
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la_oveja
9y ago
Yeah, because getting the power via the armed way it's the right thing to do. There's terrorism going on you know? They are planting bombs on policeman, and burning civilians with homemade weapons.
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9y ago
I see this very interesting: Android prompts info about whats happening, iOS just ignores them and keeps going. With this simple difference, people tend to think iOS works better! I cannot trust an OS that doesn't ask me stuff, or take
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9y ago
sure, check this out fam http://web-engineering.info/node/57
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9y ago
I can't pay with credit cards in a lot of places online (I'm from the EU)
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9y ago
wut? nodejs exists u know
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9y ago
> Our ability to do that well isn’t favoring ourselves, or any particular site or seller "not favoring any particular seller"? If it pays, it's on the front page. Are you seriously telling me that somebody who has paid not
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9y ago
Because you can make lots of money in the EU, you just need to follow more strict rules than in the USA.
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