I’m really not a fan of when features are teased as “coming to Android 14.” There is absolutely no shot this gets upstreamed to AOSP.
Reading between the lines in the article, this is going to end up in an update to Google’s launcher app, or maybe their wallpaper app. At most, their closed source flavor of SystemUI.
But for the growing number of us compiling AOSP from source and using it to get away from Google’s spying, it’s disingenuous to keep advertising these features as “coming to Android 14.”
Heck - if this feature makes it in any of the apps like I said it might, then there’s really no reason to lock it to Android 14. It could easily run on Android 12 and 13. But it won’t, because Google wants you to buy a new phone.
I wonder what that’s likely to be. Usually the top Android features are finalized by now. Unless they’re are some Pixel exclusive features we don’t know about
“Android 14, our latest OS, will incorporate our advances in generative AI to personalize Android phones,” Pichai stated during the call. “The Pixel and Android teams are working together to advance the latest devices.” He highlights the new Pixel Fold as an example of how the hardware and software come together, which has been praised by Android Central’s Nicholas Sutrich.
I’m assuming it’s going to be more on the side of the wallpaper stuff. I would personally rather see more time saving features than things aimed at personalization.
I don’t care about the 15 or 30% cut they take, that’s pretty standard in retail and other software stores. What I do care about though is the fact that my freedom to install whatever I like on my phone is non existent on iOS. When I will be able to install Revanced and F-Droid equivalents on iOS I may consider it, but until that happens, it’s an absolute no from me
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“The IRA includes a clause that automatically qualifies EV battery materials recycled in the U.S. as American-made for subsidies, regardless of their origin. That is important because it qualifies automakers using U.S.-recycled battery materials for EV production incentives.”
But my question is why even make the qualifier ‘US made’ if foreign made batteries qualify? Don’t lie, just say they’re battery recycling regardless of origin.
But my question is why even make the qualifier ‘US made’ if foreign made batteries qualify? Don’t lie, just say they’re battery recycling regardless of origin.
The for the tax credit rule is:
New batteries manufactured in the USA
New batteries manufactured in the USA or outside the USA, but recycled in the USA
The reason “Batteries manufactured outside of the USA” doesn’t count is because it does nothing to incentives battery manufacturing or recycling in the USA.
I think your complaint is really with the wording the author of the article chose. Here’s straight from the US Treasury department on the Inflation Reduction Act:
“To meet the critical mineral requirement and be eligible for a $3,750 credit, the applicable percentage of the value of the critical minerals contained in the battery must be extracted or processed in the United States or a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement, or be recycled in North America—as mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act.”
reuters.com
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