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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by JairajDevadiga@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Sure, but what did they expect you to do before making that change.

[–] aekre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

On my P7Pro, pressing power and volume up simultaneously brings up the shutdown/restart/lock prompt

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 5 points 4 days ago

Well that is shit.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 4 days ago

It's designed as an always on device. They expected you to leave it always on. Wankers

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

On android the off button is on the quick settings, and on iphone you hold the power button and one of the volume buttons

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No idea. Presumably they expected me to figure out the settings and change it like I did. Or maybe I could have told the Digital Assistant to restart the phone, I dunno.