Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone

Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by stjohnswarts on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:33PM (#30075908)

Everything is on a spectrum, they are further siloing off hardware from software and cutting out some spaghetti code between the two. Before hardware manufacturers had to merge in google's code with theirs before they release, with proper segregation google's aim with the project is to make a clean cut between the two so that kernel and up aren't so tightly coupled and they can upgrade their OS without breaking the hardware.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by lostmsu on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:40PM (#30076931)

Further than they siloed it before, yes. In comparison to the competition (which sadly withdrew for other reasons), they are extremely far behind: Windows ME worked fine with hardware and drivers from Windows 95. But the whole problem is the consequence of Linux not having a stable driver interface.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by vetinari on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:14PM (#30078876)

There are many adjectives that could be used for Windows ME, but "worked fine" is not one of them. Whether with Win95 drivers or its own.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by lostmsu on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:24PM (#30079580)

I've certainly used modem drivers from Win 95 in Win Me

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