gumby271

Sounds like an iPhone is the better option for your dad.

Sorry what? Their original plan absolutely was the end of sideloading on-device outside of Google's say so. That's what the angry social media narratives were that you seem upset about. Anyo…

Isn't Apple technically complying with this even while forcing notarization? Seems like Google could get away with the same scheme.

I think the Joycons do this too. Snap them in once, then they'll work wirelessly after that.

It's more like if I buy a reliable toaster, but I buy bread that's secretly poisoned by the manufacturer and hurt myself. I'm not gonna demand the toaster maker add a poison sensor to t…

Right, if we could educate users on the tools they use, and if the trillion dollar companies could provide tools to help community members protect each other, we wouldn't be here. Apple doesn…

Tell me more about this mythical mobile device and I'll buy one immediately!

That's very cool and good to hear. Thanks for sharing!

hopefully the protocol is open source too. I'd hate to find that it just works on iOS and Google certified Android.

This should all work fine on Android right? you can start a service that still uses Bluetooth in the background, you just need a notification to keep the service alive.

Well I'm paying for pro, so I assume it's not using the model that does nothing useful. Is there a setting for that? Whats the month over month improvement if the current state is "crea…

So you're saying Google is doing fuck all to protect customers on their already locked down store, right? This doesn't sound like it will be addressed by Google extending developer registrat…

Last time I tried using Gemini in Google Sheets it hallucinated a bunch of fake data, then gave me a summary that included all that fake data. I'd given it a bunch of transaction data, and asked …

> Android/Pixel is still the most open mobile platform There are 2 options in this space (practically). Being better than Apple, who is explicit about the fact that they own every iPhone on th…

Right, Google could revoke that signature at any time and my device would refuse to install that software. The exact mechanics don't really matter, the end result is the same, my device will only…

But not outside of Apple's control, they have a very similar mechanism to this verification process with 3rd party app stores.

I dunno man, it doesn't feel like a "huge safety win" that my computer has to check with a singular US tech company before it will let me use any software on it.

But the Android users are the exact people Apple doesn't want. Just look at how the iOS App Store defenders come out whenever someone suggests that iOS should be more open. The response is, witho…

Really? I've never really had a problem adding TOTP codes to the password manager of my choice on the device of my choice. Apple's 2fa where they assume I have an iPhone just because I own a…

I think they're saying that they would very much like that to happen.

Sorry, is "collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts" just a casual everyday task we're all doing? I must be missing out!

I don't know this mirroring feature too well, but what's missing that a third party couldn't implement the same thing for android? Like scrcpy works. Its not as polished, but thats a ui…

It appears there's a third priority then. That's not a criticism, it's true of all of us, I'm curious where it ranks and how you make that work with the other two. I'm in the …

Agreed, and for some reason they replaced it with what is pretty universally used as the "profile" icon, baffling.

And you know what pisses me off the most about that icon? All three of the colored dividers can be seen through the transparent cover. They're all at the same layer, it doesn't even make sen…

My favorite example of the ridiculous icon redesigns remains this one: https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/115072885331562510 What fascinates me the most is not how bad the mo…

I don't think most people care if the information is true; they just want an answer. Google destroyed the value of search by encouraging and promoting SEO blog spam, the horrible ai summary that …

I honestly don't know if people even care that the search result summaries are completely wrong the majority of the time. Most people I know see an answer given by Google and just believe it. To …

Is it the people that are pushing for this though? Apple has long pushed privacy and security as a way to maintain their control over personal devices, the people just believe it and accept it. Google…