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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Google is doing everything in their power to make me move to an iphone... between shit like this, effectively bricking some old models of pixels with un-rollbackable patches that destroy batteries, closing down the android development process, making absurd testing requirements to publish apps, etc.

Google doesn't make better phones, they were just less hostile to the consumer. That seems to be going away :(

>>gpm+ct
Wasn’t Apple the one actually caught throttling devices with an update to slow phones down under the guise of "saving battery"?

Leaving Google for Apple, and expecting a more open app store, is going to be disappointing. I’m not a Google fanboy by any means, just pointing out the landscape out there

>>james2+Uu
> Wasn’t Apple the one actually caught throttling devices with an update to slow phones down under the guise of "saving battery"?

Nope. There was an issue in iPhones and Nexus phones that had been used for a few years where a worn battery could no longer maintain a voltage high enough to meet instantaneous SOC power demand, resulting in unexpected device shut downs.

Apple got the device to quit shutting off without warning by throttling older devices and Google did nothing and just told users to buy a new device.

They both got sued, and both lost.

> If you currently or formerly owned a Google Nexus 6P smartphone, we have some good news: you might be eligible for a cash rebate for those bootloops and spontaneous shutdowns the device was known for.

https://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-6p-lawsuit-2019-97547...