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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by jimmies on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:01PM (#16394275)
Everything you said about it being dead before the car arrived is true. However, it was not the point. What if the phone died before it could update? What if the driver couldn't see me so they had to call me, or I forgot the license plate? What if I was roaming on expensive data? What if that was a more critical app?

All of those things shouldn't be a problem in the first place.

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Re:I've never felt less in control of my own hardware by dmix on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:50PM (#16395452)
As I said I believe apps should be supported for at least 1-3yrs at a minimum via versioned APIs and careful product planning. Especially for 'critical' apps and massively popular apps like Uber.

But otherwise it's not a massive problem, yet. But one we in the software community should promote as best practice and provide social pressure/ridicule when not done.

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