I'm still waiting for them to change the godawful quick toggles. Not only do the quick toggles take up so much space now (it almost feels like accessibility mode is on by default), Wifi and Mobile Internet are hidden behind a second layer of toggles.
Dex mode is awesome , the hardware of Galaxy is nice too but unfortunately I cannot install a private ROM like GrapheneOS or Calyx, for me this criteria is above all benefits that a Samsung Galaxy can offer me
Your wish is granted. From the article:
"One of the biggest differences between Android 14 vs Android 13 is that the new update now blocks older Android apps from being installed. Google says this change specifically targets apps built for Android 5.1 Lollipop APIs and older."
They probably worked towards these two goals of Google : We made it even harder to do anything without using our property crap, yet again./ made side loading impossible or we're making it more difficult cause we want you use our app store only. All For security of course.
Maybe read the article instead of just making shit up and getting mad about it. It specifically calls out a feature that's rumored to be in the works (emphasis mine):
An update ownership feature that allows a third-party app store to be the sole source of automatic updates for a given app. It looks like Google will harness this feature for select Google apps too.
Kind of the opposite of what your speculation says, no?
Are you seriously defending a company that want to (forcefully ) push DRM on webpages ?
Secondly, It's the Freaking UE forcing those bastards to open up, they're not doing it because it's better for the user.
I don't need to read any article, every time i update to a new version of crapdroid, nothing changes, it eat more ram and battery and is locked further. (for security reasons, of course )
Don't montion IPhone, i don't want to be considered too stupid to use my stuff correctly thank you.( a legit apple stance )
I just wish they would fix the back gesture to never take me back to the home screen, or at least give me that as an option. It's the one thing that frustrates me to hell on an almost daily basis when I'm using Android. I don't need another gesture that takes me to the home screen, and especially not one that often closes the app I was looking at altogether, meaning it needs restarting.
Seems like a problem with the apps to me. I may be wrong, but I believe the back gesture just sends a message to the app, which can do anything it wants in response. If the app decides to close itself, there's not much the OS can do about it.
I think that the predictive back gesture feature will help a lot with this. When you swipe back from the screen edge, the animation will show the screen you're going back to, making it predictable. But having the option to disable the back gesture from sending you to the home screen would be great to have. There's nothing wrong with having more options.
I just want to see what makes it into the AOSP how the custom ROMs will implement these features. At least these privacy features are benefiting privacy focused ROMs as well.
It's a joke mentioning "Android" and "Privacy" in the same sentence.
Google can add whatever permission structure and features they way but as long as you, the owner and use of the service, is not allowed to set whatever permissions and/or remove whatever apps you like you do not have any privacy.
I've owned q Android phones as my personal phone since my first Galaxy S3 but I don't have any illusion regarding privacy as long as Google and Samsung are the true masters over my device.
For example...The devices sold today are fully capable of even firewalling on app level so that the user would be able to control exactly what hosts the Chinese app he/she installed is able to talk to.