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Re:I'm semi homeless and Google's forced update on the Pixel... by computehyper on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @05:23PM (#42872031)
For those who are unaware, Google released a forced update on the Pixel 4a that depleted the battery, and is not usable. They offered a battery replacement but they are all out of batteries and there are still issues so many people cannot get it replaced. Google is not helping and telling people to buy a new phone.

See: https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/google-pixel-4as-old-f...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42865619

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Re:I'm semi homeless and Google's forced update on the Pixel... by netsharc on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @06:05PM (#42872479)
It's kinda insane that they can't do a "undo last commit; git push; tell the CI/CD to push a new OS release" procedure. But there's a probably Fight-Club-esque math (1) there that make it "If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.".

Congrats Google, your procedures have made you an overweight gorilla that isn't agile enough...

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiB8GVMNJkE

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Re:I'm semi homeless and Google's forced update on the Pixel... by computehyper on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @06:43PM (#42872875)
Yes, and all the Pixel 4a factory images are wiped (except the last one) https://developers.google.com/android/images#sunfish
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