2026-08-08 02:53 UTC
@cismonx@mastodon.social It's incredibly backwards and very hard to understand why they want to drive away people from using their devices.
Nexus and Pixel devices had a lot of Android enthusiasts using them who are increasingly being driven away by these decisions.
They're driving a lot of people away to using iPhones rather than simply using other Android devices.
The management making these decisions largely use iPhones, not the products they're gradually stripping of their actual advantages.
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@Life_is@no-pony.farm 2026-08-08 03:51
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @cismonx@mastodon.social Google managers using iphones at work is like Mercedes managers driving a BMW at a product show... Google actually invented the androidphone to compete with apple iPhone. They considered the iphone as a threat to their own business model. One would think google forbids at least the managers to use iphones at office.
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@matlag@pleroma.chtisurel.net 2026-08-21 17:21
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @cismonx@mastodon.social Or is it a test? They start making code harder to get on a targeted subset, then they extend that progressively. Meanwhile, they would keep other channels opened for selected phone makers based on how "cooperative" they are?