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Re:Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about s... by vultour on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:46AM (#45798882)
The comment you’re replying to is incredibly concerning. Is he saying people at Google are purposefully misrepresenting signal strength so they can “compete” with Apple?
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Re:Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about s... by yencabulator on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @05:14PM (#45893613)
It's saying that Apple made that kind of lying the new industry standard.
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Re:Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about s... by vultour on Friday November 14, 2025 @09:37AM (#45927091)
Except you have no idea why Apple is changing the signal display. They could be lying, or they could have a standardised test in which newer hardware performs better. This guy, on the other hand, is clearly saying that Google has no such thing and they're blindly copying Apple regardless of the performance of their hardware.
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