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Re: Android 12

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Post by lkbm »

singularity2001 wrote: post #78
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #74

"Private by design so you’re in control." Oh, come on.

Was that paragraph meant to be clickable or extendable? Because I wanted to read what they meant by "With new easy-to-use, powerful privacy features, you’ll have peace of mind" but noscript blocked any link or something. "If you see anything that you’re not comfortable with, you can manage permissions right from the dashboard." I doubt I can remove all permissions from Google (?)

> Was that paragraph meant to be clickable or extendable?

The next four sections expand on it: see what apps are using the mic and camera, option to give apps only approximate location data, app permissions dashboard, and the local computation for some data.

Re: Android 12

#82

Post by Ocha »

Last time I used android it was version 4.1 boasting how it improved responsiveness of the system. Here we are with Android 12 still trying to improve responsiveness and smoothness of the system...

Re: Android 12

#83

Post by xorcist »

vetinari wrote: post #54
gog wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sure, you can buy a Pixel if you want no bloatware and updates on the release day. Not really, I live in Croatia (EU member) and the product is not available in my country.

You are not alone; Google store is available only in 12 of 27 EU countries (it is not in a single Eastern-European country and neither in Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg and Malta).

While true, the whole point of the EU is the open market. It should be convenient to order from any member country.

Not all shops will ship abroad, but buying a smartphone shouldn't pose a problem.

Re: Android 12

#84

Post by vb6sp6 »

nly wrote: post #9

Anyone else just stopped keeping track of what version of Android their phone is on? I used to know this stuff, but these days couldn't care less.

The updates are pretty boring these days. The top feature showing in the system update screen is "Personalized design that adapts to the color of your wallpaper". yawn

Re: Android 12

#85

Post by vb6sp6 »

Ocha wrote: post #82

Last time I used android it was version 4.1 boasting how it improved responsiveness of the system. Here we are with Android 12 still trying to improve responsiveness and smoothness of the system...

I feel like this has been solved for a while now (at least on pixel devices in my experience)

Re: Android 12

#86

Post by VortexDream »

5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #28
no_time wrote: post #20

Looks like grandparent mode is enabled by default with all the whitespace and even lower information density. What's the endgame? In 20 years only a single letter at a time on the screen? >Any information processed in Private Compute Core requires explicit user action before it can be shared with Google (...) If they know everything about the data going in and coming out it's still useless. Also what important APIs d…

Screens keep getting bigger, while tweets stay the same size. You need something to pad the rest of the space.

How about more tweets? The information density on modern everything is utter garbage.

Re: Android 12

#87

Post by unixhero »

Ocha wrote: post #82

Last time I used android it was version 4.1 boasting how it improved responsiveness of the system. Here we are with Android 12 still trying to improve responsiveness and smoothness of the system...

It is really good and has been like forever. You of course have to spend equal amounts as for an iPhone to get a high end experience, and it was like that back then as well. Many people failed to understand this and bought shitty underpowered handhelds, and blamed Android for being laggy.

Re: Android 12

#89

Post by VortexDream »

hnburnsy wrote: post #15
riffic wrote: post #2

did they stop giving these cutesy dessert-related nicknames for some reason?

> Going with a new naming scheme for the 10th version of Android makes a bit of sense; it’s a landmark release. Still, given how difficult it is to put a common dessert to the letter Q, I noted to Google’s Sameer Samat, VP of product management for Android, that it was awfully convenient that Google picked this release to switch up the naming scheme. “We’re going to deal with that skepticism,” he says. Google’s actua…

Weird that their solution was to get rid of the names instead of just using more desserts from other cultures. If they want inclusivity and to bring awareness to other cultures, seems like the best option, no? Now nobody gets to see their favorite dessert as an Android OS name.

Re: Android 12

#90

Post by est31 »

y4mi wrote: post #80
slownews45 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In fairness it is getting (very slightly) better. A few years ago the phone co's would sell a phone today to your parents that was already 1-2 version behind especially if the phone was released a year or so ago. And then NEVER update it over 3 years outside of (maybe) some security updates. For some reason, a month after iOS is released, phones from Apple, including older phones still being sold, are either sold upd…

> For some reason, a month after iOS is released, phones from Apple, including older phones still being sold, are either sold updated or can be updated. That reason should be pretty obvious. Apple has a massive profit margin on their phones, so they're economically able to do this. The margins are super small with Android devices, so if any OEM tries to offer support they'll be quickly undercut by the competition

There are more reasons than that. Apple has tight control over its operating system, and even designs many chip components themselves (not all). Android phone manufacturers on the other hand integrate finished components from various manufacturers, together with their driver packages. If Qualcomm doesn't create a new set of drivers for a new android version, they don't have much of a choice.
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