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- Beeswax2
Did you guys switch to Brave browser yet?
It's faster, you can use chrome extensions and it's not Google.
- Yep.nb
- It's Chromium, so may as well be Google, and it fucks over content producers ability to generate revenue and profits 5% of that.Nairn
- imo, firefox with privacy dialled up and uBlock installed is by far the better choice.Nairn
- I really like FirefoxBennn
- I might give FF another try, but it became suck a hog last time I was using it.dbloc
- if you're on a mac, dbloc, the new version released the other day has been honed to run better on macs.Nairn
- Bennn0
mg33, it's ok if you didnt like Android. It's not easy going from iOS after so many years. When I switched from iOS to Android, it took me a good month or two before getting use to it. Lots of things annoyed me at first, like you. Its all a question of habits and you can't change habits in 2 days.
The best is to have a friend who gives you a Android crash course the first day and show you all the tricks and tips. A coworker helped me and it made the switch go better. If you were on your own trying to figure everything by yourself, I can understand you got frustrated with some things.
personally, I switch my tablet first, from iPad to Samsung tablet, thats where I got in touch with Android for the first time. I was still using my iPhone. So I got use to Android slowly since I dont use my tablet as much as my phone. I guess switching your main device (phone) is kind of a big sudden change to face since you're using it all the time.
many of the problems you faced have a solution tho.
- Social Hashtags and AutoHash do the work for the # in Instagram, for exampleBennn
- there's also HashTag OrganizerBennn
- it gets bettermonospaced
- Yep, I don't mean to rude, for once, but almost ecru point mg33 made was due to lack of understanding how to address it, rather than being real issuesset
- every *set
- And the Fuji transfer app is there, I have it, you probably missed itBennn
- https://play.google.…Bennn
- Thanks Bennnnnn. I spent more time with it yesterday, used it during the day. Switched back to my iPhone last night.mg33
- The email account problems are probably the deal breaker for me. I don't understand how I can't isolate email addresses per app.mg33
- The other thing that I honestly don't like, realizing I could get used it, sure - are the various processes that take an extra step vs. an iPhone.mg33
- Ex: the lock screen, entering pin code. On iPhone, entry of the last number opens the phone. On Android, I have to click a checkmark. Why?mg33
- There are numerous instances of this throughout different apps. Reddit is an example. Switching accounts, have to select the acct. then click OK.mg33
- Kind of a poor way to do something so simple. I don't see anything in Material Design that lends to not taking you somewhere based on the selection you make.mg33
- I checked out those hashtag apps while I was using the phone. I use this for my iPhone: https://tagsdock.com…mg33
- All the Android apps are tedious to use - rely on copy/pasting going from app to app from what I can tell. Lame.mg33
- There's one called Magnify that requires you to enter things like "magnify_[hashtag group name]" on IG to pull from a custom list. Also tedious.mg33
- You're not using your fingers to unlock your phone??Bennn
- i mean the sensor on the backBennn
- tagsdock seems nice indeed, but I can live easily with the apps on Android for that, but I can understand you'd like the same app since you're used to itBennn
- for your email problem, i'm not sure I totally understand, so i can't help here. You want to use emailA in Gmail and emailB in another apps?Bennn
- For email, I have a work gmail account with @company.com email address. For personal, I have an @gmail address.mg33
- On my iPhone I use Inbox for personal email, Gmail for work. Same for desktop. For very clear reasons; I use labels for work email religiously.mg33
- I use most Inbox features for organizing personal email. I don't want to switch how I do this.mg33
- On Android, you add email accounts at the phone level, not at app level. So, work and personal email are available in Inbox and Gmail.mg33
- I don't want this. I don't want to adjust, I don't want to change my habits. It's never clear when I click an email notification which app will open.mg33
- You cannot remove an account from either app because of the accounts living at the phone level.mg33
- I'm curious i will try it. I have a work gmail @company too. I'll get back to you this evening maybeBennn
- I've made the test, I see what you mean. I'm receiving notification for the same emails in Gmail and InBox... annoying yes. I'll check it out online.Bennn
- at least you can turn off notification on one account in Inbox. Its Gmail the problem here.Bennn
- Got it mg33, its pretty easy actually. > https://android.stac…Bennn
- Just turn off notification for the account of your choice in both Inbox and Gmail. Works #1 here.Bennn
- Inbox
Hamburger menu > Settings > Select the accound > Notifications: OFFBennn - Gmail
hamburger menu > scroll down the left menu > Settings > Select the account > Notifications: OFFBennn - Voilà! :) You'll receive one notification per account, not two.Bennn
- For the extra clicks you're talking about, think about all the time you'll save by using the awesome BACK BUTTON! Seriously.Bennn
- For the hashtags, you'll get use to the apps on Android, they're effective. You problems are almost all fixed :)Bennn
- I appreciate it, but I'm sticking with iOS. In fact, I'm trying to get my company to buy the Pixel 2 from me so we can start having devices on hand for testing.mg33
- Not sure why we don't, but sounds like there's a desire to do so soon.mg33
- np, I totally understand. I didnt told you but I switched to Android two times before adopting it.Bennn
- Went from iPad > Android tablet, totally hated it (a lot) Then 2 years later got back from iPad to Android tablet again cuz i needed an SD slot.Bennn
- its not an easy switch. We're on those lil machine ALL the time.Bennn
- You see, now I can't stand iOS, each time I use my gf's iPad I want to destroy it. Its all a question of habits. :)Bennn
- You're still making points that are simply you not understand how to use it properly. The passcode is such a moot point...set
- Use pattern swipe or fingerprint, it's much faster and doesn't require any extra taps... Odd thing to focus onset
- Not sure why you chose a whole new ecosystem if you 'don't want to adjust your habits' to be fairset
- I get it set... I had honestly never used one before. I just don't care for the way numerous habits must change. I'm too busy to bother with it.mg33
- Furry muffset
- mg33 getting gang banged by the android fanboysinteliboy
- Apple fanboys still trying to use the name allocated to them on anyone who doesn't totally worship their productsset
- ;)set
- lolmonospaced
- more like a floppy finger banging, intelliboy.Gnash
- I use an ipad and a mac by the way. But I still suck an android phone's cockset
- It's got the GURFset
- I hate Apple OS's, sue me.Bennn
- mg331
Holy hell... I'm breathing a sigh of relief after making the decision to not keep the Pixel 2. Realized tonight that my entire weekend has been filled with an insane level of bipolar-type debating on whether this phone was for me or not. And it's not. Took a couple days to figure it out, but that's how it goes.
Ultimately, I just don't have the f'ing time to wrap my head around something that felt like a radically different device. I tried to ask myself "will this all feel normal in a month?" and realized that no, it won't. However cliche or tween of me this sounds, being an iPhone user since 2008, the phone and it's OS practically feels like an extension of my hand at this point. It's amazing to see how engrained we can become in a daily process like using a phone.
Among the things I did not like about it:
- The interspersing of work and personal email addresses across the phone. It resulted in notifications going off for Gmail and Inbox for the same messages being received in both phones.
- Various apps did not have an Android version. I did my research before buying it to see what really wasn't available, but two apps were not: 1) The Fuji camera WiFi transfer tool. 2) An app like TagsDock to manage hashtags and easily insert them into Instagram. Nothing but garbage in the Android store. I can't believe the shit some people put out as apps.
- I thought I'd be able to export my Apple Health data to Google Fit, but either it requires some dev-level approach or it's just not possible. If it is, I'm sure it will take way too long and that's the point I decided to give up on it.
- Chrome SUCKS on Android compared to Safari on iOS. I did not like that it was so easy to see regular tabs and Incognito tabs if you were adding a new one of either. iOS's ability to shift to Private Tabs and remain there until you switch back is great.
- The notifications stuff just seemed too wild compared to iOS. Annoying more than anything, it just felt too busy.
- I did not like that sharing something from certain apps pulled up a list of contacts to "Share With" before it listed apps you can share to. And there was no way to manage this without getting some ugly app that, when you share something, pops up and asks you if you want to share with that app (where you can restrict what/who to share to) or use the phone's regular sharing tools.Oh... and if that's all not enough, I dropped the damn thing without a case on it and slightly dinged one of the bottom corners. Screen is fine, once it's got a case on it you'd obviously never know. So now I don't want it, can't return it. Anyone want to offer a reasonable but lower amount than $750 for it and buy it off me? It's an unlocked black Pixel 2, 128GB. I can't believe I dropped it the first day I had it, I was beyond pissed so I've seriously just blocked it all out of my mind.
Might try for the iPhone X this week, otherwise still using my iPhone 7 with iOS 10.
- You had me at 'Holy hell'
I'm not going near that phone :)PonyBoy - I get why people like Android, I really do. I like Material Design quite a bit. It felt weird to see it in action for the first time on a phone in my hand.mg33
- where is benn? BENN! someone doesn't like android!pango
- Something else that drove me crazy: all the extra clicks. In iOS if you have to enter your passcode, the device opens as you enter the last number.mg33
- On Android, you have to click a checkmark after entering the passcode. Not a big deal, but pretty annoying.mg33
- Lol at chrome sucks compared to safari. Fucking hell. It's better in almost every single way. Nevermind, each to their own I guess..set
- Also it's not hard to turn specific notifications off, lol...set
- There's a definitely a case of being completely used to something though. Android does everything I need it to almost perfectly...set
- ... and using my ipad pro which I have for illustration, aside from the brilliant few apps, is a horrible, poorly designed unintuitive experience in comparisonset
- Pattern swipe requires no extra clicks and is much quicker than a pass code, or just touch (not even click) your finger on the fingerprint sensor to unlock...set
- ... in zero clicksset
- The only real issue I can see of yours is the lack of the few apps you were used to. I don't have that issue on my phone but definitely had to buy an iPad..set
- .. rather than android tablet for illustration and music productionset
- thanks for the comments set. The lack of certain apps is a bigger problem than I thought it would be. Music-making apps, specifically.mg33
- Yea it's a shameset
- hey mg33 the Fuji transfer is there! I have it!Bennn
- You had me at 'Holy hell'
- mg33-2
It's in the cart... I just need to press the button.
Peer pressure, please.
- COME ON MAN! COME TO THE OTHER SIDE! YOU CAN DO IT! Seriously, you won't regrte it.Bennn
- you won't regrte it. But you may regret it.Bennn
- Kidding, you wont regret. Push that damn BUY button. :)Bennn
- I reserved mine already. Will receive it Oct 19thBennn
- You want the normal or XL ?Bennn
- You have Verizon mg33? How do you like it?
DO EEEET!kona - I've got AT&T so I guess I need the unlocked one, right?
And i just want the normal one.mg33 - I took the normal too. I once have a big phone and totally hated it. Bummer cuz the XL looks super nice.Bennn
- If you're just a little bit geek, you'll love playing around with all the customisation that Android offers, so much settings! You can do almost everything.Bennn
- Everyone's favorite pastime is to fiddle with their android phone settings. Who needs a Nintendo when you can wade through settings until the sun sets?monospaced
- Ok i guess im supergeek then. I like setting up anewphine or computer.Bennn
- the difference is that almost everytime your android phone doesn't behave the way you'd rather it did you can change it.zarkonite
- unlike Apple's design ethos which is basically to tell you you're doing it wrong... like changing the way you hold your phone because the antenna is shit.zarkonite
- lol mono. To be fair it is great being able to customise almost everything on your phone, visual and UX..set
- Something I use all day every day or really benefits me to have it looking and working exactly how I want it toset
- settings make me randyfuturefood
- :) why do you take it so personally, set? ;) But really, I hope you know I'm just playing with Benn here, the android superfanboymonospaced
- :[-]Bennn
- I WANT ONE TOO.notype
- I was laughing with you mono. I found what you posted to be humorous so I said 'lol mono'.. Not taking anything personally... !?set
- I know! You recently said I took all Apple criticism personally. :)monospaced
- You totally do ya big fluffy sausage xset
- Right back at ya.monospaced
- Bennn is not a fanboy, he's just very enthusiastic about everything.zarkonite
- lol :PBennn
- Bennn-1
I'm totally sold for the Pixel 2!
- i have the first one and i love itCALLES
- I didn't upgrade my iPhone and might seriously consider changing.mg33
- You wont regret it mg33, once you dive into Android you'll never want to go back to iOSBennn
- does it come with a headphone adapter?monospaced
- oh mono :)
healthy competition will hopefully make Apple great again!fadein11 - #magafadein11
- I'm just laughing because so many people said Apple was stupid/insane to make the move, as if nobody else would dare do the same thing.monospaced
- Adapter is $25 add on.monospaced
- YIP - Pixel user, moving to Pixel 2robthelad
- The Apple adapter came free with the phone.CyBrainX
- the headphone adapter is in the box with a Pixel 2Bennn
- utopian3
Don't Be Evil Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones.
- shapesalad-1
Now making potato chips.
Marketing campaign in Japan...
- If only Google would ever focus on Search!utopian
- "now"
"pixel 6 coming soon"kingsteven - Not very good marketing. When I Google "Original Chips" it doesn't come up.dbloc
- sorry shape, but maan I'm dving this crapgrafician
- https://m3.material.…akiersky
- watdrgs
- utopian3
Google Says It Bans Gun Ads. It Actually Makes Money From Them.
The tech giant has long boasted that it doesn’t accept ads for firearms, but a ProPublica analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers.
- hans_glib2
so has google banned firefox? just tried to sign in to my account and it says my browser isn't safe so tough shit.
these cuntish tech companies really are the new fascists
- and maps is still borkedhans_glib
- weird - it works fine on an old copy of brave.hans_glib
- ahah - goggle thinks i'm on a phone for some reason...hans_glib
- cleared the cache and cookies and all was back to normal.hans_glib
- cleared the cache and cookies and all was back to normal.hans_glib
- still - fuck you googlehans_glib
- lolGuyFawkes
- Try this for google services: https://github.com/E…
For everything else Firefox or brave?grafician
- Bennn-1
How the Hell can these cost 220$CAD .... I mean... wtf
- chukkaphob1
Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda
- uh ohchukkaphob
- you learn what a “Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich” is :Dsted
- ^ hey that's Olivers :) LOLhelloeatbreathedrive
- @sted now I have to use Google to gooogle that. LOLchukkaphob
- Alexandra Ocasio Cortez will take 70% and give it to her corrupt party members. She didn't even sleep with bezosHayoth
- @Hayoth lol! right?chukkaphob
- dbloc0
Google is officially testing ‘more results’ button to load more search results
- Everyone gets first page resultsdbloc
- So they are trying the infinite scrolling in 2018, cool.Maaku
- exactlydbloc
- Works for meset
- Why even bother with a button. Just lazy load an infinite scroll FFS.Hayzilla
- Lazyload is bad.zarkonite
- why is lazy load bad?dbloc
- Keeps changing the length of the scrollbar amongst other things.zarkonite
- detritus1
er.. WTF? Google Earth Pro just installed itself on my computer without any input from myself!
When did that become acceptable?
https://www.reddit.com/r/google/…
Really, fuck Google.
- I saw the icon on my desktop and wondered WTF, right-clicked to check filepath and creation date and.. it's all legit. Well, completely illegit.detritus
- http://www.dslreport…detritus
- just boycott it as much as you can. okay easier said then done!mugwart
- Resistance is futileset
- ^^ never!
Just longer search times!mugwart - innovation never... oh, waitGnash
- Bennn0
mg33, let us know if you survive the switch ;-)
I received my PIXEL2 today! Setting it up atm
- with the free Google Home Mini :D :D :D Cant wait to install itBennn
- Was supposed to come today but going to be tomorrow.mg33
- So many settings Ben! So many! You can customize for days. Even weeks!monospaced
- @Benn hows the screen?trooperbill
- Enjoy Benn - if its anything like Pixel1 you won't be disappointed. hands down best phone I have ever had.fadein11
- I love it! :D No complain yetBennn
- The camera is amazing, the stabilization is super effective. and the portrait mode blurring thing works better than expectedBennn
- Cool. I will be getting soonfadein11
- Bennn1
Google PIXEL 2 camera is gonna be even better in the next months!
"Surprise! Google hid a custom-built image processor inside the Pixel 2"
https://www.dpreview.com/news/60…
- mg330
I did the math...
I owe $455 left on my iPhone 7 because of the subscription plan.
I can get $355 on a trade in of that iPhone for a Pixel.
- And with a google phone you can own the phone and can tell your cell provider to fuck off any time you want! It gives you leverage when you call to complain...zarkonite
- I guarantee you won't regret itset
- it does have a learning curve at first... but the back button is a game changer.zarkonite
- Just paid off my iPhone 6. Now I'm considering this too. The only downside is that it won't have airplay which I use a lot. Hmmm.monospaced
- ironically, apple gadgets have high resell value and chromecast is cheap! It might be cheaper to switch than you think.zarkonite
- what zarkonite saidBennn
- mono - Ahhh... Airplay... :( I didn't think about that. I have Apple TV's on both tv's in my house.mg33
- We have the Chromecast Ultra. It OFFERS many good features, but in experience, it's a fucking disaster in comparison to the Apple TV. I WISH it were the same.monospaced
- Ah really? that's a shame if true... I have very little experience with either..set
- I think the main difference is on-board storage. Apple TV has some, so it can buffer more streaming video, making the whole experience MUCH smoother.monospaced
- On the Chromecast, if I rewind even a couple of seconds, it starts the buffer over and sometimes takes 30 seconds to start playing again.monospaced
- The AppleTV has 32 or 64GB onboard, allowing for Apps and all kinds of great content to be available blazing fast. It's basically an iPhone 7 without a screen.monospaced
- Anyway, this isn't a bash on Chromecast thread. If I DO go Android, I can always try a Roku or make do with what I've got.monospaced
- I don't think having a Pixel would make me use my Apple TV any less - it's all we use. I have PS Vue on it for cable and love it.mg33
- I'm excited to get the 4k version when it comes out because I have a 4k tv in my basement.mg33
- Starting to install more powerline ethernet adapters so that stuff further away from my wifi router will run faster.mg33
- mg330
Questions:
Messages:
For those of us with iPhones who use iMessages and use it on our Apple computers, what's the equivalent with Android and how can I continue sending/receiving text messages from a computer using a Google phone?Apps: Do any app makers offer transfers of in-app purchases from iPhone to Android? Example: I've got all the VSCO Cam presets on the app, and the app is available on Android. How do I avoid rebuying them on an Android device? Same for other apps that cost money or have in-app purchases.
- mighty text!
wouldn't you just restore purchases once you log in with your credentials on android?imbecile - No prob with VSCOBennn
- There is no iMessage equivalent because Google can't make up their fucking mind and bring out new messaging apps every 12 minutes.face_melter
- The closest they had/have is Hangouts but that is being pushed towards corporate use. Allo is a calamity.face_melter
- I use hangouts, what's the issue? it just works.zarkonite
- I would assume that your account on any of these companies would track what you've purchased... unless they're dishonest to the point of pretending thatzarkonite
- buying on iOS != Androidzarkonite
- lots of 3rd party, i'm using TextraBennn
- Plenty of options. Personally I just use whatsapp web...set
- I used to use Airdroid, it's great... Just don't feel the need to anymore, but worth a look.. http://airdroid.comset
- mighty text!
- _niko0
stupid question, I don't think it's possible, but maybe it was in the past or with 3rd party software but client is insisting that they had this information in the past.
Can you track where a user goes after leaving your site, or where they were just before they hit your site? I'm not talking about links on other sites to yours or links from your site to others, just what they type in the browser.
I'll say 100% no, but let me know if I'm wrong.
- Nomort_
- Possibly in the past before browsers saw it as a privacy exploit.mort_
- you used to be able to buy it but https by default ended that functiontrooperbill
- ok thanks figured._niko
- I'd say it depends on what trackers you add to your own site. For instance, if you and the previous/future siterobotinc
- All had facebook's pixel (or something similar) then yearobotinc
- oey_oey0
Does anyone know how to change age of person in Google search findings?
One client of mine noticed that his age is displaying wrong in Google Search result, somebody made a mistake many years ago for their bands website.He has a Google Account but it doesn't work like that,
Any ideas?- Ummm, post his correct age somewhere and link to it. This is really a non issue also. Who cares.monospaced
- I did that. Even in clinet's page. Not working. Client cares. Seems to be important.oey_oey
- Start a thread in qbn with his picture and age. it'll help with SEOshapesalad
- update it on Wikipedia and Google will crawl it eventually?spot13
- Ok boomer.monospaced
