Man, imagine being the IT guy for an all Google shop.
"Hey, why nothing works?"
"Because the government fucking blocked Google!" lmao

Exactly!
Yearly phone releases are already too much, let alone a entire gaming handheld 😵‍💫

If re-releases count, they're in luck. Feels like you can sneeze and find a new Castlevania re-release, the last one being the Dominus Collection

This thing looks awesome, I hope I can find it for a reasonable price where I live

Oh I'm cooked man, Deezer is my favorite source for music!
Though I could sub for a month then download what I need...

Between Minuum, Nintype and Keymonk, novelty keyboard makers really need to start open sourcing their abandoned products!

Depends on the use case.
If OP's main goal is gaming, they'll likely miss the control remapping features. If the use case is running standard apps, then for sure

Now that's the real PrivacyPlus™

Yes please, and start with the next Portal entry.

I thought this sounded familiar and sure enough, second paragraph:

The Pixel 6 series has a history of running into issues after Android updates. Last year, the Android 14 update locked some users out of their storage, and earlier this year, factory resets left many Pixel 6 devices unresponsive.

Disappointing, you'd think this wouldn't happen with Google controlling both hardware and software

I've been using custom ROMs for a while now, but the reality is that they can only do so much to stop Android's ever increasing restrictions.
And the aforementioned Integrity API also detects unlocked bootloaders, meaning this will gradually become more of a problem.

This is my currently dilemma.
Each year Android becomes more restrictive like iOS with none of the benefits, Rooting becomes harder as more apps tap into the Play Integrity API (and strong Integrity is on the way to kill most workarounds for it), iPhone got a little better but is still locked down as fuck, where the hell do I go to? 😒

It's amazing how Google Play keeps imposing more and more restrictions to the point they're killing legitimate apps, yet won't stop actual malware from being published.
Legit, some days ago one of my coworkers had installed some "water reminder" app that was pure malware, didn't even have a icon on the homescreen, just opening random ads. Reported multiple times, I'd tell y'all the name if I could remember it

Classic corpo arrogance.
They can't just make their product and enjoy the millions the publishers pay them, no, they have to be liked by the public (who aren't even their consumers), they just have to have a Twitter account and a Discord server, and post their shitty little #epic #memes.

A burning desire to be liked by the general public, call it Elon Syndrome?

I've been saying people need to shut up more on social media, turns out it applies to companies too.

Bully your local tech bro-dude today!

Damn, you're doing that profile picture justice!

Man, what is it with people being wholly unable to shut their trap on social media?

Between this and Google's Olympics ad, maybe they should be asking AI how to not piss off their costumers lol

Looks like your average Chinese OEM skin OP, it's not that weird 🤷‍♂
Xiaomi's HyperOS is on Android 14 and you couldn't tell by looking at it either, when they update to 15 it'll still look the same.

Now, what really caught my eye is the 6,000 mAh battery. This is the first phone I've seen going over 5,000!