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Re:The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Googl... by NotPractical on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:21AM (#26383680)
I also own a Pixel phone. I can confirm that Google Play Music now does nothing but tell you that it's discontinued, cannot be uninstalled, and takes up over 50 MB, which is egregious. However, Google Photos still works as the local photo gallery. I'm not sure why you'd expect to be able to uninstall it.
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Re:The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Googl... by UweSchmidt on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:07AM (#26384052)
If it's an "app" I would expect to be able to uninstall it and install my own.

If it's a basic operating system functionality (dealing with files, viewing photos) it's fine if you can't uninstall it, but then it better not come with any kind of separate user agreement, separate updates, changes in functionality, upselling attempts etc.

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Re:The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Googl... by Farbklex on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:42AM (#26384290)
> If it's a basic operating system functionality (dealing with files, viewing photos) it's fine if you can't uninstall it, but then it better not come with any kind of separate user agreement, separate updates, changes in functionality, upselling attempts etc.

Which is the case for Google Photos. It is also a messenger (not kidding), shows notifications with "moments" it automatically created from your photos, lets you create photo books which you can order and so on.

I would prefer a smaller default gallery app with Google Photos being an optional extra.

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Re:The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Googl... by hctaw on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:07AM (#26386507)
Why do you expect that? I've never seen a smartphone that behaved how you expect. Except for stuff like the pinephone, which couldn't be used as a phone for awhile.
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Re:The new Google Pay repeats all the same mistakes of Googl... by brendoelfrendo on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:12AM (#26387267)
I mean, that's the point: the smartphone ecosystem is broken. It was built wrong in the first place.
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