Comment on We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human

Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I switched to gOS and had to go back for NFC payments and auto.

  It is great to see though, those are just necessities for me. Having gone back, I can say I hate pixel launcher and can’t even change keyboard

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  • BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m genuinely curious, what makes NFC a necessity? And what do you mean by auto?

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    • 0tan0d@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Its trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.

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      • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I might just be old, but I can do that with my debit and credit cards without involving my phone, so I couldn’t care less.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t carry a wallet, and card contactless is limited to like 50. Can’t even do the weekly shop.

      Android Auto for driving is difficult to get working, I see gOS can do it but I couldn’t get it to work.

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      • bagelberger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s been a while since I got mine set up and working, but IIRC all I had to do was install Android Auto from the preinstalled GrapheneOS App Store app

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• hateisreality@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m just starting that journey … Graphene is dope once you learn your way around

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  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My favorite feature is honestly so simple. Denying network permissions during install.

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    • hateisreality@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m literally building my set-up…I love having apps but a profile without Google play!

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