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 capacity over the last decade.

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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  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    Tried to restart my fairly new Pixel phone a couple days ago by holding down the power button, but instead of showing the Power menu it prompted me to ask the Digital Assistant something. Excuse me? I don’t remember enabling that. Every other phone I’ve ever had, holding down the power button has always been the way to power down or restart. I had to search Settings to find how to configure the power button to control the power. Or course maybe I could have asked the Digital Assistant - but fuck that.

      • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        In Settings you select Power as the function of the Power Button instead of Digital Assistant. Then the power button works like it should.

          • crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            7 days ago

            On android the off button is on the quick settings, and on iphone you hold the power button and one of the volume buttons

          • aekre@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            7 days ago

            On my P7Pro, pressing power and volume up simultaneously brings up the shutdown/restart/lock prompt

          • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            No idea. Presumably they expected me to figure out the settings and change it like I did. Or maybe I could have told the Digital Assistant to restart the phone, I dunno.