Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911
by lvs on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:40AM
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They're particularly not capable of fixing the problems on the enormous mass of Android phones that are no longer receiving any updates and in many cases, due to manufacturer/carrier disinterest, never were.
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Last time i looked Google posts updates for their apps every couple of weeks. Of course nothing more than "Bug fixes and speedy performance improvements".
Now, if they need an OS update to fix dialing 991, they need to fix their development process.
Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911
by newsbinator on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:01AM
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On my iPhone each of those performance improvements requires downloading ~250mb of an app, so I try to wait and stagger them.
Got gmail, drive, translate, maps, and home? That’ll be a gigabyte of “bug fixes and performance improvements” every week or two.
Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911
by smallerfish on Thursday December 09, 2021 @06:00AM
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Why not set it to update only over wifi?
Re:Pixel prevented me from calling 911
by newsbinator on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:49AM
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It would be downloading gigs (tens of gigs?) of useless updates every week. Kills my aging battery, slows down my phone/wifi at inopportune times, etc.
I'm happy to download a quarter gig of gMail updates if they've actually updated something. Abstract "bug fixes and security improvements" doesn't seem like a worthwhile gig of updates every week.