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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)
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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The stupid attempt to have everyone leave bluetooth always on pisses me off. They've made the BT quick tile 2 more presses to toggle on or off is ridiculous. It's not a quick tile.

I've just put a BT on/off widget on my home screen.

[–] Eagle0110@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There is an Xposed module to replace the tiles back to a simple on/off toggle, for both BT tile and WiFi tile.

You need to grab your control back lol

Also if you don't have root on your personal Android devices these days... lol may Google have mercy on you lmao (hint: they won't lol)

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

root is a security risk on many security focused ROMs.

See the 4th reply in this GrapheneOS thread

and this from CalyxOS's FAQ

If you can link the xposed module though I wouldnt mind making a feature request and asking for the module itself to be integrated into their forks.

[–] yopyop@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Could you develop on "attempt to have everyone leave bluetooth" ? What do they want us to use instead ?

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

"[...] leave bluetooth always on"