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Re:Checked C by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @09:35AM (#11901910)
My Android has forced updates. I have to put my phone in airplane mode before each reboot and kill the process to prevent it. Chrome has forced updates. A lot of things have forced updates these days, and nobody bats an eye about it. Microsoft does it, everyone loses their minds.

And 'forced' is a stretch anyways, how to block it is well documented, and was months in advance. And you can revert, something Google and others will not let you do.

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Re:Checked C by marssaxman on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:46PM (#11903819)
I sure bat an eye about it. I won't use Chrome.

I also deleted all the Google apps I could find on my Android phone, and I avoid storing any of my personal data on it, because Google seems to believe it's their machine, not mine. I'd use some other mobile OS if I had any choice in the matter.

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Re:Checked C by sametmax on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @10:38AM (#11902271)
- Security update != version update.

- Paid OS != Free OS.

- OS update != software update.

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Re:Checked C by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @10:57AM (#11902380)
I have an Android 4.4 phone, Verizon/Google is trying to force my phone to install Android 5.1, a full version update to a version widely regarded as a lemon.

I paid for my phone. I paid for my Windows license. I paid a lot more for my phone, which Android is trying to forcibly update without my consent to a version which will cripple my phone's functionality substantially.

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Re:Checked C by sametmax on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @04:18AM (#11907861)
Then you have the same problem and you should complain as much.
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