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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 23 hours agoThe 4 (iirc) also had USBC video out but google removed that functionality only to now have a reason to sell you a new phone. I hope its actually good and they publish source for it, otherwise this news is fucking useless.
cole@lemdro.id 7 hours ago
There were stability issues with the video out. People love to assume malice but most of the time there was actually good reasons
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Thats nonsense, there are plenty of phones and tablets with usbc video output. Its been a feature for like a decade. Other companies have had working desktop modes for a long time and google just abandoned their work on it until they decided they could use it as a marketing feature. They probably just didnt want the pixel to cut into the chromebook marketshare.
cole@lemdro.id 6 hours ago
this has been well covered by now. just cause it works in product x, doesn’t mean it was implemented correctly in product y