Google cuts hundreds of jobs in Android division - Hypertext
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A fresh round of layoffs has hit Google in its device and platforms division, with Microsoft also considering job cuts soon.
  • Google is set to cut hundreds of new jobs in its device and platforms divisions soon.
  • The company has continued to cut its Google Pixel teams, doing so earlier this year as well.
  • Rival Microsoft is considering a new round of layoffs next month, per reports.
  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    …good.

    The reason people use Pixels has always been utility. The Ai garbage was like putting jelly on a biscuit.

    I don’t mind the jelly, personally, but I came for the biscuit, and its still there.

    You can still root them, still unlock them, still use custom Roms, kernels, operating systems in some cases. They’re still what they’ve always been.

    • katy ✨English
      4·
      23 hours ago

      people used pixels and nexus phones largely because the other oems were terrible at the time and riddled with carrier bloatware but that’s not really the case anymore. especially once samsung did away with touchwiz and went to the modern oneui.

      • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Samsung still is terrible. You can’t disable their store or utilities. They always pop right back up and start themselves. One might argue that’s hardly a problem when phones have 6GB+ of Ram now and better battery optimization, but on budget phones that some people get “free” from carriers, it makes them lag-ridden slogs to use.