I was gonna say, I feel like I’ve been seeing a new Android system app pretty regularly when checking what needs updating in Google Play.
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MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Not sure why everybody is upset that it’s a separate app. Google has been doing this with Android for almost a decade now in order to bring new functionality without needing to update the entire operating system.
barryamelton@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
They have been moving things to apps so they can substitute piecemeal the open source OS with their close sources: arstechnica.com/…/googles-iron-grip-on-android-co…
That article is from 2018. It has only gotten worse.
MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I suppose but the other side is OEMs abandoning still functional hardware