Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services
by marco1 on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:18PM
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Google Play Services was a hard dependency. People complained about it all the time and asked to remove it. Now they have finally done what users have asked for, and what is the reaction? "Who the heck needs this?" Well, that's how it always is.
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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services
by tptacek on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:20PM
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Both your comment and the parent comment can be valid at the same time.
Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services
by marco1 on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:18PM
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No doubt, but this is not about facts (I'm even sure they're both true at the same time!) -- this is about attitude.
Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services
by caf on Monday February 20, 2017 @07:18PM
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Why would it be surprising to you that two different sets of people have two different attitudes?
Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services
by Nition on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:58PM
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The problem is, only the people who want something ask you about it. No-one's emailing to say "hey the Google Play integration is great - don't remove it!"
Then after you do what the people emailing you wanted, all the people who were silent chime in. "Wait a minute, why were you spending your time on that? None of us wanted it!"
That's why it always feels like marco1 described.