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Re: Android Oreo

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Post by vetinari » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:01 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #48

abol3z wrote: post #33

Finally Android will stop Facebook apps from sucking my RAM secretly!

I've found a fantastic solution that works on any phone! Uninstall facebook and facebook messenger. Then use Chrome and facebook's mobile site. Life changer, man.

But then you will not know, what to do with all that extra battery life!

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by pritambaral » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:03 PM UTC

leojg wrote: post #171

majewsky wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says "a device near you", not "your device". ;)

Isn't his device the nearest near device to him?

Technically, "a device near you" != "the device nearest to you".

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by loa_in_ » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:03 PM UTC

digi_owl wrote: post #186

0x00000000 wrote: post #69

Android has really been annoying me lately. Maybe I didn't care before but now that I can't root my phone I am forced to deal with it. Still can't disable or customize to stupid "share" menu that puts you one click away from accidentally sending something to a stranger you contacted once on sms or facebook messenger or email. Still can't revoke certain permissions from apps (like vibration). There is zero reason why…

I suspect their UX people nixed the whole "revoke individual permissions" thing because then aunt Tilly would accidentally revoke something and complain that her phone is broken. Seen the same kind of reasoning play out in other contexts where user customization has been curtailed.

They could have put it in the developer menu for goodness sake.

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by koolba » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:04 PM UTC

Does Google pay these candy companies to use the name or do they pay Google?

There's obviously some contractual relationship but I can't figure out who's on which end of it.

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by d0m » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:04 PM UTC

"Allows you to see two apps at once, it's like having super strength and laser vision." really

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by countryqt30 » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:05 PM UTC

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Re: Android Oreo

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Post by Sylos » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:06 PM UTC

Artemis2 wrote: post #142

pjmlp wrote: post #73

>Google Play Protect: > Working to keep your device and data safe from misbehaving apps by scanning over 50 billion apps per day, even the ones you haven't installed yet! Also known as anti-virus.

https://www.android.com/security-center/ This page says 8 billion a day, which seems inconsistent. Also how many apps are there on the Play Store to scan that many?

Yeah, I can't even imagine there being 8 billion apps in total. Like, that's more than there are humans on Earth. If every 50th person would be an app developer, then every app developer would still have to publish 50 apps all by themselves. I doubt that even the studios that just rebrand and rerelease their apps over and over again get to such a quota.

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:07 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #204

Does Google pay these candy companies to use the name or do they pay Google? There's obviously some contractual relationship but I can't figure out who's on which end of it.

Would they need to pay them? Cookies and mobile phones are completely different lines of business, right?

Though the name is a direct reference to the sweet, so that maybe makes it more complicated.

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by bitmapbrother » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #204

Does Google pay these candy companies to use the name or do they pay Google? There's obviously some contractual relationship but I can't figure out who's on which end of it.

You would think it would be the other way around considering the amount of free advertising Orea is getting from this. Like, in the KitKat release, I doubt there was any financial arrangement.

Re: Android Oreo

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Post by simonsarris » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:09 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #204

Does Google pay these candy companies to use the name or do they pay Google? There's obviously some contractual relationship but I can't figure out who's on which end of it.

Reminds me of David Foster Wallace's concept of "subsidized time" in Infinite Jest

Year of the Whopper

Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad

Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar

Android Heath Bar (TM)

Android Pocky (TM)

http://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/ind...