Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.

Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.

  • nobodyspecialEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    OK Google, you win. I capitulate. Next phone is going to be Apple. If it’s locked down, low customization walled garden either way I’d rather something with trade in value and a bit of snob appeal.

    • PabloDiscobarEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Or just don’t buy a phone. The resources required to build a phone are literally destroying our planet. I wish I was exaggerating.

      • nobodyspecialEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        Wish I could, and I’m completely with you on both manufacturing and mining needed to enable our phone addictions. But I need it to function in modern society, much like my car or industrially farmed food. Being reachable and being able to reach out 24x7 is now an expectation. I don’t have the practiced skills to be useful as an agrarian, and not being into religion I’m pretty sure the Amish wouldn’t take me in.

        Once the not-user-serviceable battery dies or hardware start to glitch at around 2 years of age a replacement is mandatory for me. Apple’s phones seem to be designed for a service life of 3-4 years rather than 1-2, so that may be a way to help.