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lol google just cancelled the pixel 4, just nine months after launching it: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/google-discontinues-the-pixel-4-after-less-than-a-year-of-sales/ really digging this ars subheadline:
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 20:47 |
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they’re all the worst pixel phone if you really think about it
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 21:09 |
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qirex posted:they’re all the worst pixel phone if you really think about it 'give me the worst pixel phone you have,' said the customer 'every pixel phone in my kiosk is the worst,' replied the salesman. 'you cannot find here any pixel phone that is not the worst' at these words banzan became enlightened FMguru fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Aug 6, 2020 |
# ? Aug 6, 2020 21:14 |
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these pixels are making me thirsty
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 22:57 |
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lol @ Google's pixel strategy: 1. let's make our own brand of high-end phones 2. hmm we aren't selling a lot, let's make some cheaper versions of our high end phones 3. hmm the mid-range phones are cannibalizing our market 4. let's release a lovely new high end phone 5. shortly into its life, let's launch a mid-range phone that is largely identical to the lovely high end phone, but better in a few ways and way cheaper 6. hmm that mid-range phone killed all of the demand for the high end phone 7. let's kill the high end phone off early, before it's successor is ready for the market 8. for a months-long gap, we will only sell one midrang phone under our high-end phone brand 9. Why do people complain that we don't follow through on hardware?
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 23:02 |
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google is to hardware what apple is to web services / gaming / original content (with the weird exception of chromecast, which is just perfect - and perfectly priced - for what it does)
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 23:04 |
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FMguru posted:google is to hardware what apple is to web services / gaming / original content (with the weird exception of chromecast, which is just perfect - and perfectly priced - for what it does) that's because chromecast is purely and only a way for more people to see ads on youtube. it has no ways it can be used for other things. you can only stream to it from things that google allows to stream to it.
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 23:07 |
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Father Jack posted:when hugephones started becoming a thing i think i saw more women with them than men. i thought it was maybe about lack of usable pockets on womens clothing and if you're having to carry a bag for your stuff anyway might as well have the big phone, but maybe it's this too yeah, it's both from a carrying and a usability perspective i think. also, i think women are less likely to have another computer set up well so having a big screen is a plus FMguru posted:lol google just cancelled the pixel 4, just nine months after launching it: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/google-discontinues-the-pixel-4-after-less-than-a-year-of-sales/ i wonder how much of this is due to COVID affecting their backup part stock. i imagine they want to switch production to the pixel 5 so they want to keep what pixel 4 volume they have for RMAs/repairs. crepeface fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Aug 7, 2020 |
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Phobeste posted:that's because chromecast is purely and only a way for more people to see ads on youtube. it has no ways it can be used for other things. you can only stream to it from things that google allows to stream to it. I think anything can stream to a chromecast, even p*pc*rn t*me can stream from pc to chomecast
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 07:43 |
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pretty sure you can get your phone to tell chromecast to stream Netflix. No doubt other apps on your phone can do it too. As long as the app and the app backends support the Chromecast framework, it's pretty good for what it does without resorting to just Youtube.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 07:55 |
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Netflix, Crunchyroll, Twitch, Pandora, and Spotify are some of the apps that I have on my Android that can directly interface with my chromecast. Watching anime right now, even after killing the crunchyroll app and turning off wifi.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 08:17 |
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ive never seen a media app on android that cant stream to chromecast. even diy hacky apps like automation apps can do it directly that being said google is taking the first steps toward killing the chromecast already with the next version running android and having a ton more overhead. from the little information out there it looks like theyre trying to turn it into an android tv dongle with an actual interface and standalone remote control. i imagine the reasoning behind it is that chromecast is impossible for non-nerds to understand on the one side and on the technical side it can become unreliable in some situations where the controls on the phone become unsynced or devices dont show on casting devices due to networking issues but i certainly dont trust them to fix the shortcomings without killing what makes it so great
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 11:13 |
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chromecast isn’t perfect but it works pretty well most of the time and having google home installed on my phone means i can pick up and control a stream even after the lovely streaming app loses it (looking at you fite.tv)
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 12:30 |
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the chromecast as it currently is is about as perfect as a product in that space can be, so any change is sure to ruin it.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 13:19 |
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chromecast is easy to use, has widespread, affordable adoption and compatibility with tons of devices, it makes sense they'd make it worse I keep hoping for an open standard for this sort of thing [generic streaming endpoint] but that seems anathema to the streaming hellworld
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 16:13 |
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miracast screams from the darkness
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 16:16 |
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infernal machines posted:miracast fixed - this about sums up my experience with miracast. I managed to get it working for a few minutes once and that was it
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 16:52 |
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it is dogshit garbage for assholes. naturally, it's built in to windows
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 17:03 |
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my chomecast is six years old and has survived a fire and being lost in a very hot car for a year. worst thing about it is that the phone will occasionally desync. stumps me that it's a Google product.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 17:10 |
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LastInLine posted:ive never seen a media app on android that cant stream to chromecast. even diy hacky apps like automation apps can do it directly My guess is that Google needs more low cost and widely available options for people to pick up Stadia. Remember when Google tried to push Google Plus integration into everything, including Youtube? Stadia is now that brat that demands attention and the world will suffer for it until Google gives up (or succeeds). Another gddm remote that clutters up my coffee table is the last thing I need.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 18:47 |
my old job gave me a Chromecast so I could implement it in our app but then I got a new boss who told me to toss the feature. It's not that much work to hook your poo poo up to it though
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 19:05 |
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I found my brother in law hooked my parents up with a chromecast to stream to their tv, and everything they were streaming looked like compressed garbage. I replaced it with an Apple TV and it is much smoother now.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 19:41 |
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The Management posted:I found my brother in law hooked my parents up with a chromecast to stream to their tv, and everything they were streaming looked like compressed garbage. I replaced it with an Apple TV and it is much smoother now. You should tell BVYS* that BVHH** is forbidden from making technology decisions affecting himself or others? *: Or BVYB, I'm not trying to impose a hetronormative narrative or something. *: As "Her" and "His" start with the same letter (H) this requires no modification.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 19:48 |
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seriously go to hell
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 19:52 |
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Schadenboner posted:You should tell BVYS* that BVHH** is forbidden from making technology decisions affecting himself or others? gently caress you
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 19:52 |
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Schadenboner posted:You should tell BVYS* that BVHH** is forbidden from making technology decisions affecting himself or others? this sucks, stop doing it
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 21:43 |
lmao I have to admire the commitment to the most hated joke on the forums
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 22:27 |
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PokeJoe posted:the most hated joke on the forums
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 23:27 |
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stop posting
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# ? Aug 8, 2020 00:08 |
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PokeJoe posted:lmao I have to admire the commitment to the most hated joke on the forums i don't get whats happening with this can someone explain cause i'm a dummy. i know schadenboner sux as a poster but i cant read heads nor tails of wtf they're talkign about
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Last Chance posted:i don't get whats happening with this can someone explain cause i'm a dummy. i know schadenboner sux as a poster but i cant read heads nor tails of wtf they're talkign about “negative attention is still attention” applied to terrible catchphrases
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# ? Aug 8, 2020 02:58 |
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whoopsey doopseyquote:A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/snapdragon-chip-flaws-put-1-billion-android-phones-at-risk-of-data-theft/
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Anroid.
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# ? Aug 8, 2020 17:07 |
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Are they giving OEMs fixed binaries for all the snapdragon versions they didn't want to support any more?
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# ? Aug 8, 2020 17:26 |
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lmao hexagon bug.
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# ? Aug 8, 2020 18:58 |
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Jabor posted:Are they giving OEMs fixed binaries for all the snapdragon versions they didn't want to support any more? Are the OEMs giving customers fixed binaries for all the phones they didn’t want to support any more? no.
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# ? Aug 9, 2020 00:22 |
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the new androids are too big
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# ? Aug 9, 2020 19:40 |
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bull3964 posted:I'm actually dithering on whether or not to keep the cycle going and trade in the S20 Ultra on the Note 20 Ultra. Looks like the embargo drops on the 18th since I've seen mention a few places of full reviews dropping. the phone he is trading in came out in march
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carry on then posted:in case anyone is wondering, bull does indeed own 3 $1000+ smartphones which he swaps between out of bordeom Having a third arm grafted on like Ford Prefect so I can triple wield my phones like liquid metal extensions of my hands
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trap set
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