• RxBrad@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to get excited by new Android versions. But now I barely notice the difference when a new one drops.

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      It’s a nice place to be, living the boring OS life with nothing breaking, updating without ever factory resetting.

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        It means the OS is maturing, and has all th most necessary things. It is a good thing, indeed.

        And yeah, our magic bricks have gotten to the point where it’s almost difficult to know what more one could want.

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        Man I remember scouring the XDA forums every other week for the ROM that provided the best combo of battery life, performance and features and having tens to pick from just for my phone

        I’ve not even bothered rooting my phone for years

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      I’m actually pretty excited for this version due to app cloning being added to AOSP, as well for predictive back, but IMO that will be something that will take a couple of years before it gets going to the point where we couldn’t imagine living without it.

      Android 13 that was rather eeeh, but that one was mostly a refinement over 12

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      1 year ago

      The reduction in features/openness is definitely noticed each update…

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      1 year ago

      Me too!

      It’s totally not because my phone stopped getting them two versions ago…

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      1 year ago

      Never would I have imagined so quickly going from “I need an unlocked bootloader so I can have new, now” to “Ugh, what are they changing this time?”

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    1 year ago

    Hey Google… I see you releasing this phone 4 days after the expiration date of the $100 Play Store vouchers that many of us have stashed away.

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        Last year Google had a thing for past customers where if someone used your code when they bought a Pixel, both you and they got a $100 voucher.

        Those expire on the last day of September.

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          To me it seems like buying a $1,000 phone should count as purchasing the store credits. But no, I had to spend them on Chromecasts and stuff.

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        I think mine says it expires and I’m in Canada. I didn’t think they could expire though but not sure since I didn’t technically give them money so they might be able to, cause I know there are exceptions. Yep got an email in August saying use it soon as it expires Oct. 11 2023

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    One month… I get delaying it, but why not a week instead of a whole month when betas are supposedly over?