Just trying to create communities to help with the big migration.
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Good. The lemdroid instance is run by the subreddit mods, and they’re toxic as hell.
For what it’s worth, [email protected] never closed.
Literally reads a chain of infuriating events for all to see why one might be angry. “Didn’t happen to meh”.
So why are they angry? What is happening to them, that isn’t happening to me? Are they unable to request refunds? are they unable to buy Microsoft games outside of the Microsoft store? are they unable to buy the DRM free games from Steam?
They are pulling shit from years ago, despite me proving that Microsoft not only makes it easy to cancel, but they do refunds for unused days.
They hate Microsoft and Valve for not being able to “own your games”, despite me showing that steam has plenty of DRM-free games, which doesn’t require Steam or any authentication to play.
They are bringing up the past, despite Microsoft currently showing that they are dedicated to gaming, and providing a really good experience, as well as publishing their games on Steam instead of only their own store.
Why so angry? Why not look at the full picture, and judge based on current events? Microsoft may turn evil, and being skeptical is fine, but at what point are you beyond being skeptical?
Also, not sure why you gotta call me names. Have I called anyone else names this entire time? Can we just have a fucking discussion instead of turning into Reddit 2.0 with trolling and name calling? Jesus Christ.
Okay. I don’t see the need to be a negative Nancy and be upset at everyone all because the company has the potential to screw you over. Microsoft nor Valve are being bad guys right now. They are doing wonders for PC gaming, and as a gamer, I’m really excited.
I’ll change my thoughts and opinions as needed, but for now, I’ll enjoy the small victories in life.
Also you do realize that steam allows developers to upload DRM free games to steam, right? Where you can copy the .exe and play the game without ever installing steam? Not sure why you’re upset over steam or think they are a required DRM.
I don’t know if I would trust that, though.
Google’s authorized repair centers have diagnostic tools and software that allows very deep access to the phone. Something that a random maintenance mode wouldn’t hide.
When you take your Pixel in for repair, they force you to factory reset it, because they take privacy serious. They don’t want anyone to have access to your data through their repair tools.
I’d actually be very skeptical about this if I had a Samsung device. Is there proof that this mode cannot be accessed by their repair tools?
I know. I didn’t say they were. That’s why I said we can be skeptical, but there’s no reason to be so upset screaming fuck Microsoft when they are currently being really great when it comes to gaming.
The same could be said about steam, by the way. At any moment Gabe can fuck us over, or can die and we get fucked, but until we see that happen, I feel like we all trust steam.
You can be skeptical over Microsoft, especially because of their past, but their new manager in charge of their gaming division is doing really well. In fact, I’d say investing in Microsoft for gaming right now is a better deal, considering it’s a cheaper monthly fee. My steam account has a bit over 10,000 dollars of games in it that Gabe can take back at any time. That’s 666 months (55.5 years) of an Xbox game pass subscription in Canada. It’s more risky for me to continue buying on steam. I won’t, as I love steam as a platform, but it still is more risky.
I know what you’re saying, and it’s definitely possible this will backfire on us, but currently Microsoft has been really dedicated to PC gaming and have been really good to PC gamers.
All games are released on game pass day 1, which means you can play all of their new games for cheap vs having to pay $100 CAD+ for them. They are also releasing their games on steam, which means you don’t even have to use their platform. They are also integrating other companies into game pass, so you can play EA Games and Ubisoft games if you have a game pass subscription. I played the crap out of battlefield 2042 through my game pass subscription.
They also have the ability to play Xbox only games on PC, which is super awesome. It requires the next tier up, and then you can straight up play Xbox games on your PC. I was playing Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts. It launches the game in some kind of cloud gaming emulator thing.
So idk. I don’t really agree with your Fuck Microsoft attitude, because they are currently being really incredible for the PC gaming market. I say we can be skeptical about the future, but I don’t really see much to hate on right now.
Edit: Microsoft also doesn’t require a subscription. Like I said, you can buy their games on steam, or you can buy them from the Microsoft store. A subscription is optional, and it’s nice for people who want to pay $15 CAD per month and play a crap ton of different games instead of paying out right for 1 game.
So even if another company releases a tracker (like Pebblebee), it still won’t work until Google is able to push the necessary updates to Google Play services.
Ya, but if that takes them a few months, my concern is that there will be a better tracker, or these trackers will be on sale or something.
Sucks to have a purchase sit in limbo for an unknown amount of time when tech moves fast.
Boost for me.
Connect is awesome, but I am just so used to the UI and way Boost for Reddit works. When Boost for Lemmy is out, I will feel at home.
I also find that Jerboa and Connect are both great apps, but the features are fragmented across them (connect needs jumping between comments with volume keys!). Where Boost is the best of both worlds.
LineageOS already uses their own version of these apps. They do not use AOSP Dialer or Messages.
No ROMs even use these apps. They all have their own forked version of a dialer and messages.
No ROMs even use these apps. They all have their own forked version of a dialer and messages.
This doesn’t matter. Literally every custom ROM comes with its own forked version of the AOSP dialer and messages.
This is a good thing. It’s removing garbage bloat that no ROMs even use.
The only legit argument is that you can install a very malicious app.
This would be bad if Google and Apple didn’t already allow malicious apps in their stores already.
Google already has play protect, but it doesn’t do shit. If Google legitimately made play protect work, then the risks would be 0.
All of the pros outweigh the cons, though. Can’t even tell you how many times an app has updated and completely broke shit. Being able to sideload the APK to downgrade to a previous version is quite literally a lifesaver.
There’s /c/WearOS on Lemmy.ml.
As for me, I am still waiting on the promised WearOS 3 on my TicWatch. Any day now… annnny dayyyy…
I don’t mind them at all when it comes to functionality. In fact, I find it easier to do the swipe to open sidebars and stuff.
However, screen protectors are super expensive and require UV glue to adhere them. They are such a pain in the ass to apply, and you think thrice about replacing them due to scratches because of how expensive they are.
Flat screen phones have a pack of 3 for $15, and they take 60 seconds to apply. When they get slightly scratched, it’s easy to spend $5 for a new one. Whereas the curved ones are $15+ each.
My 7 pro is rocking no screen protector because of how annoying and shitty it was for me to put them on my 6 pro.
That app isn’t maintained anymore, unfortunately.
Even without sun, recording a video with any modern android phone causes a ton of heat. While this feature is super cool, it seems like a battery killer to me.
Maybe we will never see it publicly release, though. Or maybe Google is developing it because they made a breakthrough in Tensor 3 and it’ll run cool as a cucumber 😉
Either way, it’s cool to see companies at least attempt new things, even if they aren’t ready for prime time.
Thanks! Seems like the project might be abandoned along with Slide. I’ve moved them to their own group.