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0 pointsTiredOfLife1y ago0 comments

> No gross UI reskin

Pixel experience is literally same thing as Samsung One UI - a gross UI reskin

> no having multiple copies of the same type of app (Samsung camera vs android camera, dialers, keyboards, etc

Google is the one that forces the multiple copies of same app thing

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esseph1y ago· 1 in thread

Not true.

Vendor blobs are used in third party phones that have different hardware. Or, in some cases, because the phone seller wants to track you or try an offer an additional "value add" with their version of the app.

They don't have to do any of that.

TiredOfLifeOP1y ago

Can you provide an example of a device that ships with official Android and Google mobile services, but doesn't include any Google apps like Chrome, Youtube or messages?

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