• Die Mart Die@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    I have to regularly help my aging mother (and sometimes neighbors) with their phones. The damn thing of every manufacturer having their own Android version(s)/skin(s), and UI/UX designers changing the layout every new version of an app, makes me want to violently slap their collective faces with a large trout

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      4 days ago

      Last time I checked, both AnyDesk and RustDesk can remote access Android phones. You will need to set it up in person, because the install is too complicated for non-technical person.

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        4 days ago

        You will need to set it up in person, because the install is too complicated for non-technical person.

        but also because whatever you search for in the play store, you are lucky if the first result with big font and icon is not malware but just a competitor to what you actually wanted. and guess what will people install. outrageous.

        also afaik rustdesk had an abuse problem and now you can only connect aftet a bigtech login… or with a custom server.

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      4 days ago

      The annoying part of this is that any good UX person will tell you not to keep changing things around, but they get overruled by MBAs and shareholders.

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        4 days ago

        the newest feature MUST BE most obvious so the metrics make it look worthwhile.

        The metrics are the most important thing, haven’t you gone to business school?

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          4 days ago

          Literally the shutdown menu being replaced by that shitty ai menu on android. and no manufacturer can object to it cause its a google requirement for being allowed to ship the play store…

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            4 days ago

            Pretty sure that’s copying a change Apple made first, turning the power button into an assistant button. Because adding another button for that, is obviously out of the question.

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              3 days ago

              My phone has a dedicated assistant button and the power button is separate. The assistant button can be programmed to do a few different things based on if you short, long or double press it. Some of the functions aren’t AI. Some.