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smileyhead , (edited ) to technology in Google Search, Chrome, and Android are all changing thanks to EU antitrust law

Google Play Services and Google Play should be denominated to a normal, installable apps.

“Choose your web browser” should include “I’ll install different one myself”, as it also forces using Google Play for updates.

Webview should be installable.

Default messaging app should not have fixed links to Google’s proprietary RCS servers (btw, RCS should be just build in to base Android).

smileyhead , to technology in Some Beeper users say Apple banned their Macs from iMessage

Another episode of “trying to contact people behind some big company app because they haven’t heard what an Internet is”.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos

I understand limiting application source to the official one by default. Heck, even on Linux systems the default is always to have just the official repositories enabled, with the exception of Flatpak which is quite sandboxed. And who else Apple would trust to bare the default source than Apple themselfs?

But user must be able to choose otherwise if wants, period.

smileyhead , to technology in App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

As shown with Android, even if you have root it’s not enough, as it won’t let you indefinetly support the device when the firmware and drivers are still secret. Freedom of choice for whatever OS you like (meaning that any OS can make a port) would be safer and more liberating, I thing.

Also, to hell with Android, I want to install Linux on this thing and finally be able to backup all apps, configurations and files via simple “rsync” command or when the screen/touch/battery die install TV-centric OS to at least repurpose this expensive device as new smart TV box :).

smileyhead , to technology in App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

Still having to buy completely another device to switch operating systems… Not because the system was not adapted yet, but because of software locks and purposful roadblocks.

smileyhead , to technology in App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

It’s always about the minority. Just because something fits 99% should not mean this is the only thing in existence, when other ways do not disturb. And one not fulfilled minority there, one not fulfilled there and soon we realise that almost everyone fit in some unfulfilled minority that is not dealed with.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos

And I thought buying an iPhone was crazy…

smileyhead , to selfhosted in Alternative github frontends?

codeberg.org/gothub/gothub

smileyhead , to technology in Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers

Smartphones are almost perfected now, the only “parts” that are making them obsolete after 2-3 years are batteries and operating system, both should be regulated to be changable and available for third-parties to make replacement.

smileyhead , to technology in Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers

On a device that gets replaced every 1-3 years? 🤔

Who says the devices are going to be replaced every 1-3 years after we solve those problems like today’s non-replacable short-lasting batteries?

smileyhead , to technology in A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years

No. Document the device for PC-like lifetime software support from first and third party. Long security update support for phones, great, but we still have a stupid thing when people buy whole new phone for little software feature.

smileyhead , to technology in Google Will Now Back Right-to-Repair

Recently I read that Xiaomi new “HyperOS” won’t allow bootloader unlock at all unless you have max level of support on their community forums and even then only 3 devices a year🤦

smileyhead , to asklemmy in If the real world worked like Pokémon, what animal would evolve into what animal?

Mankey -> NPC

smileyhead , to asklemmy in If the real world worked like Pokémon, what animal would evolve into what animal?

Monkey into NPC

smileyhead , to technology in Google Will Now Back Right-to-Repair

That’s really basic and not even the minimum for actual long-term support. Remember those ROMs needs to hack together pices of binary blobs and drivers scattered around stock ROM and do many patches. Basically any new Android version is doing the work once again, that LineageOS and other projects automated. And after the end of official updates they are stuck with untouchable firmware package.

What should be done is adding the support to the upstream Linux kernel itself. Like AMD and Intel are doing on desktops, thanks to that we can have almost lifetime updates, multiple choices of OSes and have one image for all devices instead of doing seperate builds. Or at least provide documentation and drivers so the community can do it.

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