Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia

Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by BoorishBears on Saturday April 06, 2019 @10:39AM (#19590946)

WebOS was ahead of its time.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by pjmlp on Saturday April 06, 2019 @01:23PM (#19591834)

Symbian as well.

Many of the supposed iOS "innovations" were already there.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by reaperducer on Saturday April 06, 2019 @01:55PM (#19592038)

Is, not "was." My LG television runs WebOS.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by BoorishBears on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:06PM (#19593840)

The WebOS that runs in your television is very unlike the WebOS that was.

That ecosystem, interface, and community no longer exist.

Also your comment doesn’t really make sense.

Something that currently exists can still have been ahead of its time. My comment isn’t an indication it doesn’t exist.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by eropple on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:33PM (#19592572)

...as a conduit to barf ads at you. I wish I could have gotten my TV without ask the parts that forced me to install a PiHole just to not get ads overlaid onto my menus. Any good parts of webOS are now just incidental.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by reaperducer on Saturday April 06, 2019 @09:38PM (#19594224)

I just banned the TV’s MAC address from my network. IMO there’s no reason for it to connect to the outside world.

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Re:Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 i... by eropple on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:19PM (#19600895)

Good solution if you can do it, but my girlfriend likes watching YouTube and Sling through it. :-/

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