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Buying an Android phone is no longer enough — Google wants you to subscribe too (www.androidauthority.com)
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Buying Android phone is increasingly just the entry fee for Google’s AI ecosystem.

The direction of travel is clear: Google is pushing AI harder and harder to redefine its ecosystem and bring new, powerful features to users. Android’s core OS remains free, but Google increasingly appears to view it less as a product and more as a delivery mechanism for its AI services. As those services become more central to the modern smartphone experience, many of the platform’s most ambitious features are also becoming subscription products.

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[–] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I am sorry to be that guy, but think about switching to another Android ROM (like GrapheneOS) or a Linux phone.

Android will only get worse from here, the Roms and Linux will get better.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Wake me up when they are viable daily drivers

[–] uncommoncorvid@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

been daily driving graphene for a bit over a year now and it does everything i did on the stock pixel. banking and authenticators work perfectly

[–] Contrary@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I swapped my pixel a few weeks back, and it's been so smooth that I forgot I did

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 hours ago

Goooood morning sunshine!

[–] MrRawRats@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

GrapheneOS has been a viable daily driver for most people for quite some time. I've used it for two years now without issue. Even banking apps and the like work apart from some very unusual cases which don't affect me personally.