I wish Microsoft had stayed in the mobile space. That competition might have changed things for the better.

Now we have a duopoly.

I’ll check it out. Thanks for the update.

Was that in the past few years?

I watched his stuff before the GN kerfuffle . I’m not unfamiliar with the self-promotion, compound-building as content, antics or free-wheeling vids (or vids made to look that way).

Yes, even the side channel stuff.

The tech signal to total signal is… Low-ish. It’s entertaining, it’s broad in its scope, but I can find denser, deeper stuff if I care about a topic.

His primary skill and draw is entertainment. Tech is just what fills the gaps between shenanigans, “isn’t this cool?” and the next self-deprecating remark.

But Google has earned that rep. And they aren’t saying or doing much to change it.

Minimal vision, weak execution, MVP agile approach with strong emphasis on the "Minimally,* and no heart, soul, grit.

I know they’re a business, but sometimes, I think, if they could just be okay losing money for longer, they’d turn some of the projects into something good.

I really don’t like Zuck, but he’s willing to lose billions a year on things he believes in. Google doesn’t do that (much) now. AI and quantum computing are the only things that spring to mind.

I’ve stopped adopting Google products and I think I recommend it for others as well. They limp in with something half-finished, don’t get the adoption a mostly finished product would, then throw up their hands.

Im tryinf to de-cloud all together and expect I can get mostly there within the next 18 months.

If you have patience and a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5, I suspect it’s a better and cheaper (and more future proof) solution.

They want out and haven’t found a way to make money off of voice assistant. They’re just slowly killing it.

It’s part of why I’m pushing hard on my HA and hoping their voice efforts at least give me a solid voice experience at home.

HA = Home Assistant

Edit to say: I get that people are frustrated that previously good (mostly) free solutions are going away. I’m not defending tech, but I do see their business need here. Google has long lost my trust anyhow.

I’m not upset by the down votes, but 8 do wonder what they mean.

To me the only safe thing to do is pull back and build my own. Raspberry Pis aren’t expensive.

Sync for Lemmy. It’s just super easy to do what I want - and to customize.

I haven’t found eatablished-Lemmy to be high-EQ.

I have found it to be very attached to free stuff, however.

I don’t think this is a boolean Y/N, so much as an odds thing.

Is joining hexbear an option for you? It’s not like we’re obligated to only have one account across the lemmyverse.

I have an unlocked s23 and don’t have any bloatware. Is yours unlocked? Which region?

T-mobile absolutely pushed crap on my phone - it’s why I went unlocked at my next chance.