Fair point. I guess this was more of a casual post, so I didn’t think too much about it.

I would have preferred if they switched to new keyboard model in version 8.x by default.

I am a relatively light Linux user. Raspberry Pi headless via DietPi/Debian for NAS/Media server/torrents/PiHole and some experiments with self hosted services on major cloud services. I prefer to stick to defaults whenever possible.

True, I remember the first time I used nano, I was like “Ctrl + O to save, huh?”

It’s definitely just my opinion. Honestly did not mean to imply otherwise.

I would almost prefer them to just switch to the new keybindings by default in version 8.0.

Gemini is “AI” which is good for the share price and executive bonuses. Product development does not necessarily offer such benefits.

I wonder if “others” under “Linux Distributions (split)” is mostly SteamOS (arch-based)?

This is more of “straw poll” as it’s limited to self-reported users of gamingonlinux.com.

AppleTV had a web interface? I am surprised…

I think in this case, they might actually put some effort into it.

Service revenue is major (and fast growing) revenue line for them.

Yeah, I can’t imagine using a smartphone without a custom launcher and file explorer.

Android OS updates have been somewhat lackluster since Android 8/9. The OS and smartphones in general are increasingly becoming mature products with little true differentiation.

They will try to leverage “AI” to accelerate upgrade cycles, but we’ll see how that goes.

It’s been a while since I used custom android kernels or even LineageOS (last used it on my Mi A1), but regarding this point:

However, I am unsure if I build LineageOS 21 with one of these custom kernels if I will be required to build each update with the custom kernel, or if the updater would update my build.

I believe you will need to stick to the kernel branch that you are on (i.e. wait for the maintainer to push out a new kernel), I don’t think there will be any automatic patching that would account for kernel customization.

Apologies if I behind times and I made a mistake regarding the point above. :)

While I am a big supporter of having the headphone jack (I see no reason to have another device requiring charging), I feel like this is one smartphone feature that unfortunately doesn’t stand a chance to survive in the future (I think SD card support has a somewhat better chance, but I could be wrong).

But yes, the headphone jack is a good differentiator relative to the A55.

On Windows, Thunderbird requires the Protonmail Bridge application, it’s pretty easy to setup. I wonder if this is even possible on Android.

I wonder how this compares to the Protonmail app. I use Thunderbird on desktop, might check this out if I have time.