Design aside I still cannot fathom why people are so excited about Mediatek phone, I mean, while performance is not bad, the efficiency is shit on Mediatek SoCs
BTW what is this site anyway? Does anyone have problems scrolling or is it just me?
No combined notification+ringer volume control? No non-dismissable notifications? No disabling of the bottom search bar? fair point this is launcher issue What the fuck is that shit?!
No combined notification+ringer volume control? No non-dismissable notifications?
both of those can be seen as a plus for some people, also you always can change the launcher to one without bottom search bar, did people forgot how to customize their android?
yeah, but i’m talking about such minor things like using non stock launcher, custom keyboard etc., anyway custom roms are harder now, OEMs make unlocking bootloader harder, also developing is harder itself with non snapdragon SoCs
Dude at my work after switching phones complained he didn’t have old contacts yet, when I asked why he won’t use Google built-in synchronisation, he said he doesn’t really trust them, I was like “dude, they already know a bunch about you, your contact list won’t make a difference”, the weirdest thing it’s we’re both IT guys
Meanwhile I sync everything with Google since I bought my first Android in 2012
Edit I’m appalled by the amount of downvotes my comment received, anybody care on elaborating on why? I’m genuinely interested in the mindset of people who downvote such seemingly innocent comment
Yeah I understand that, i just wanted to show the futility of such small choices while using an Android phone, using stock ROM and using all it’s online features, it’s like using Facebook but with names switched and posting those chains saying you don’t allow to use your photos, instead of just writing the platform, also he’s IT, not some 60yo aunty who just got the phone
Also it’s an Android related community, not !privacy or !grapheneos ffs
Often I find myself downvoted for comments suggesting cloud based or non-FOSS solutions, even in non privacy or FOSS related communities, while I’m a fan of open source and privacy, sometimes those are IMO still a better choice for a layman end user, I understand Lemmy people are more tech/privacy/FOSS oriented, but this it’s bordering with toxic zealotism
I might have worded myself wrong because English isn’t my native language, but I’ve already said my intention wasn’t to mock his decision to guard his data by not explicitly giving them to Google but the meaninglessness of his way to do so.
Because by using an always connected Android phone with all other 3rd party spyware like Facebook etc. he’s already vulnerable, he’s using RCS for messaging, he’s being tracked on so many levels and already owned by corporations, at this point the manual contact sync has little to no sense especially it’s visibly harder for him to do it that way to the point he’s complaining about it.
By saying I use Google provided sync I’m not trying to one up him because I know it’s a trade-off between privacy and convenience, same with Google Pictures, I respect his choice to not use it’s built-in cloud pictures synchronisation but IMHO on a phone without an SD card support but I won’t be silent when he starts complaining after losing all his photos because he didn’t to back them up
Don’t get me wrong I’m all for privacy, but degoogling without an on premise private cloud or similar solution is kinda troublesome at least
That’s fundamental problem with Google apps, every one looks different, made by different teams with different set of guidelines, messages now look different than Gmail for example
Nothing Phone (2a): an exclusive first look (www.wallpaper.com)
Holy shit Android 14 is really bad
No combined notification+ringer volume control? No non-dismissable notifications? No disabling of the bottom search bar? fair point this is launcher issue What the fuck is that shit?!
Remember NFC dimples? (dimple.io)
I don’t and I wish I had known about them when they were still a thing....
tel: adds to 835 in dialer
Any apps to remove tel: value in contacts, or adb shell commands....
Here’s what I learned from switching Android phones every two weeks - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
All the ways YouTube doesn’t feel like a Google app (9to5google.com)