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Re:Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh by FreakyT on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @06:47PM (#43978620)
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, considering that this actually happened:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/google-pixel-4as-rui...

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Re:Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh by danieldk on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:31AM (#43981502)
Yes, and Google offers a free battery replacement for affected users:

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861

Last time Apple pushed a battery-related software update that avoided shutdowns (good), people had to sue them to get a compensation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batterygate

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Re:Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh by malfist on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @08:46PM (#43990706)
You had to pick battery or strings attached cash, before the update arrived. And the battery replacement required you to send your phone off for repair leaving you without one, and Google didn't offer an sla for turn around.

And let's be honest, inconveniencing me is hardly acceptable, even if the company makes a token effort to put things back to before they inconvenienced me.

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