Like isnt android linux already? Why Not just fork it if everyone is unsatisfied with google and pushes for linux phones?

Am I missing something?

  • dragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.works
    331·
    2 days ago

    This makes me think how fucked it is that we really only have 2 choices. Android or ios. And Android isn’t really getting any better. And it shits me it’s owned by Google.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 days ago

      Are you sure it’s not getting better? This morning, my Pixel updated to take away all my corners again. It’s been what, 4 years since they last made everything rounded and bubbly? My wifi bar and cellular bar are now different stacks of noodles. Improvements nobody knew they needed.

      • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        6 hours ago

        iOS just got a fairly major overhaul to its UI too. Liquid Glass, they’re calling it. Screenshots don’t really look great but using it since yesterday, I actually prefer it. Feels a little retro-futuristic. Buttons have clearly defined edges again, everything is now transparent, and it has the same sort of distortion you’d get with those glass blocks that used to be popular in swimming pools and such (at least around here, not sure if that was universal). Probably my favourite look of iOS actually. That might be a super unpopular opinion, I’m not sure. I haven’t kept up on community opinions of iOS in a long time.

        • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Similarly, I fell out of the android/pixel communities when I left reddit. I don’t know what’s popular, either. I’d guess Lemmy generally agrees with me, but we’re not the general population. I just want my piece of informational technology to keep it simple to get information. New functions are cool, power-thirsty UI animations and changes to familiar UI elements every 3 months is not (imo)