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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)
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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I bought a Garmin to accompany my Graphene Pixel, only to discover that my bank doesn't support Garmin Pay.

So, MagSafe wallet attached my phone it is then.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does the PayPal the wallet work?

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

On the phone itself? I don't think it does. The Wallet app doesn't work at all for NFC payments in GrapheneOS, because Google are shit heads.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I just hope the new pebble supports a Sim card soon but I'm not holding my breath. I just want talk, text, and a calendar. Music or a matrix app could be cool too so I can run beeper or similar through it. Other than that I have a tablet or laptop and tbh I'm thinking my next tablet when this one finally dies or I maybe give it away would be a remarkable or other epaper device. My coworkers are starting to think I'm a Luddite but whatever.