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Really nasty
- Thread starter Rgarner
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They have become so big, so ubiquitous, so powerful that they're confident people will just roll over and take it. "The Play Store keeps me safe from malware," they'll tell themselves, while refusing to learn how much malware is actually on the Play Store. The only thing I think we can do is get a dumb phone, or a Linux phone... but how many people will actually do that? Not enough to even be a blip on Googoole's radar.
I can remember when Amazon had its own app store. I used it quite often on some of my older phones and on my initial tablets.
It was a great site, back then, even offering a daily free app under the FAOTD section, and every so often they'd have a bundle of apps that they would offer fór like a weekend or a holiday giveaway. These were always fully functional paid apps that were actually free.
My old devices were full of Amazon apps. I even had to side load the Google play store because it wasn't installed on them.
Now, the Google/Skynet is slowly taking over
It was a great site, back then, even offering a daily free app under the FAOTD section, and every so often they'd have a bundle of apps that they would offer fór like a weekend or a holiday giveaway. These were always fully functional paid apps that were actually free.
My old devices were full of Amazon apps. I even had to side load the Google play store because it wasn't installed on them.
Now, the Google/Skynet is slowly taking over
"Slowly"? Humanity is rushing to embrace AI at breakneck speed! Heck, IBM/Red Hat is telling developers to use AI to write code or find another job; and I'm wondering how long it will be before a major software development corporation's board of directors elects an AI agent as CEO; which will then replace the human board members with AI agents; fire human developers; write code entirely using AI; and then market & sell software to an unsuspecting public while shareholder profits soar... thanks to high sales volume and massive cost-cutting measures.
Milo Willamson
Extreme Android User
What The_Cheif Said, All lmalwear is burried deep en0ugh the play st0re, even s0me 0f the system apps that we cann0t disp0se 0f because, they are s0meh0w c0nnected and want t0 be ann0ying hahaaa... But j0kingly aside it is way better then any 0ther c0mpett0r 0ut there, d0 n0t be s0 0ld ab0ut new fangled things, just remember we are here Rrgamer.
It's pretty crazy, Milo, when I need a translator app to convert Milo English to American English! 
If the Pixel had a stylus, I'd buy one just to root it and flash Ubuntu Touch on it. Even a de-GooGooled phone would be a good option if one had stylus support.
If the Pixel had a stylus, I'd buy one just to root it and flash Ubuntu Touch on it. Even a de-GooGooled phone would be a good option if one had stylus support.
Other than ebay or Craigslist, maybe FB Marketplace, and that's a risk of stolen phones that are blacklisted... manufacturers have really locked down bootloaders and rooting is near impossible on anything besides Pixel devices.
James_Watson
Android Enthusiast
Are a large number of programmers about to lose their jobs? 😢
Milo Willamson
Extreme Android User
Hey AI "can y0u translate me?" Ai suddenly crashes..It's pretty crazy, Milo, when I need a translator app to convert Milo English to American English!
If the Pixel had a stylus, I'd buy one just to root it and flash Ubuntu Touch on it. Even a de-GooGooled phone would be a good option if one had stylus support.
There are things AI can't, or won't, do: I uploaded a couple of videos of AI being stupid and not being able to shut up... even Alexa (aka "Bimbo in a Bowling Ball") likes to tell me things like, "I have a suggestion for (whatever we're doing). Would you like to hear it?" If I tell Alexa to stop sending me suggestions, it shuts up; doesn't even acknowledge my statement; and continues to suggest things.