Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWe own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less humanwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up1780arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1768arrow-down1external-linkWe own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less humanwww.windowscentral.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square154linkfedilinkfile-text
The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoI switched to gOS and had to go back for NFC payments and auto. It is great to see though, those are just necessities for me. Having gone back, I can say I hate pixel launcher and can’t even change keyboard
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoI’m genuinely curious, what makes NFC a necessity? And what do you mean by auto?
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoI don’t carry a wallet, and card contactless is limited to like 50. Can’t even do the weekly shop. Android Auto for driving is difficult to get working, I see gOS can do it but I couldn’t get it to work.
minus-squarebagelberger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoIt’s been a while since I got mine set up and working, but IIRC all I had to do was install Android Auto from the preinstalled GrapheneOS App Store app
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIts trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI might just be old, but I can do that with my debit and credit cards without involving my phone, so I couldn’t care less.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoLimited in terms of value so it is less useful.
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoLifestyle creep is real. I was like you before. Keep fighting the good fight and I will join you once Linux figures out NFC.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoBrother/Sister if that is the good fight, I seem to be missing my cape. Happy new year :)
I switched to gOS and had to go back for NFC payments and auto.
It is great to see though, those are just necessities for me. Having gone back, I can say I hate pixel launcher and can’t even change keyboard
I’m genuinely curious, what makes NFC a necessity? And what do you mean by auto?
I don’t carry a wallet, and card contactless is limited to like 50. Can’t even do the weekly shop.
Android Auto for driving is difficult to get working, I see gOS can do it but I couldn’t get it to work.
It’s been a while since I got mine set up and working, but IIRC all I had to do was install Android Auto from the preinstalled GrapheneOS App Store app
Its trains when I travel for me. I am not giving up my tap to pay.
I might just be old, but I can do that with my debit and credit cards without involving my phone, so I couldn’t care less.
Limited in terms of value so it is less useful.
Lifestyle creep is real. I was like you before. Keep fighting the good fight and I will join you once Linux figures out NFC.
Brother/Sister if that is the good fight, I seem to be missing my cape. Happy new year :)