• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    21 minutes ago

    For good reason - Google’s firmware and quality control are absolute shit. I have a Pixel 10 and there’s hardly a day goes by that I’m not dealing with multiple problems.

    Last week I was out of the country with no access to wifi and a very limited roaming data plan. Without notification Google pushed a 1.4GB firmware file on mobile data which used up all my plan’s remaining data.

    My BT speakers work fine with older versions of Android, but with the Pixel on Android 16 and 17 one speaker has 2 volume levels, off and 100%, the other speaker blasts at full volume momentarily when playback starts. Plenty of other bugs too.

    I’ve always wondered why the Google employees I’ve known have carried Iphones. After purchasing a Pixel I understand.

  • aquacat@pawb.social
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    2 hours ago

    only usefull thing about googlebooks is when people start to throw them away, and someone finds a way to install linux on them, there will be a new option for an arm laptop, and a cheap one at that

  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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    10 hours ago

    I don’t think I’ve seen a positive review of these things yet. Not really looking, but everything I’ve seen in passing sure ain’t selling me.

    • xylol@leminal.space
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      10 hours ago

      Maybe if they sell them cheap and you can image Linux on there it would be neat, but not sure who would want it otherwise, like the Chromebooks before