What do you mean?

That’s fair. I would like to see the current model in Silicon Valley come to end so teams are allowed to iterate and polish and there’s room for genuine innovation rather than chasing numbers. Even this release of Android 16 was only put out to appease shareholders before the release of the Pixel 10 rather than to ship anything.

I’m not saying I want it now, I’m just saying there’s room to evolve. The idea that operating systems are mature and so aren’t exciting is what I’m taking umbrage with. It’s just when you have a small minded conservative at the helm that chases trends and stockholder dividends, innovation is suppressed.

I don’t subscribe to that idea. The Jedi stuff was cool, Material 3 Expressive is cool, adding Monet to Wear OS is cool, the thermometer is cool, the AI that Apple’s added to Apple Health is cool. There’s a tonne of room for growth, it’s just Sundar Pichai lacks imagination.

DDT until they get Lucida back up

I dunno. This feels like a case of making a rod for your own back. The EU are doing a good job of creating a safety net, but ultimately there’s a reason that Samsung, Apple and Google are and should be so popular. I would never buy a phone from a manufacturer without ensuring their update history was up to scratch, that means good, timely updates.

I don’t get it.

People have been able to lock, unlock and even start their cars digitally for a while. Some manufacturers even have an app just for that, I’m not sure why people have issues with keeping your car keys in the same place you keep your driving licence, plane tickets and bank cards.

I’ve never used it, but I suspect it’s the same as any other supported app.

Revanced Spotify is available

They’ll likely require you to import them. Buying them from the UK or even China would circumvent these new rules. Though spending a couple hundred on a phone with zero updates is wild to me.

That’s the interesting bit, because aren’t we then basically talking about ten years of upgrades?

I suspect OEMs will pull devices from shelves quicker to try and limit their software obligations.

Yup, it’s epic and ensures the longevity of devices. I suspect we’ll see less cheap devices on the market, but the ones that are released, will actually be good and last.

It’s the

Software support: Devices must receive operating system upgrades for at least 5 years from the end-of-sale date.

That I’m excited about.

It’s not needed but it doesn’t hurt.

Just make sure to share my library in turn, correct?

Yep, it’s good to be a good citizen.

When you say can’t find anywhere, does that include slsk?

That’s alright, the good ones don’t store anything for them to go after.

Is Wavelet bad?

It’ll just drive people to IPTV via VPN