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[Rant] Subsidizing hardware by providing ad-supported software should be optional and not mandatory

Xiaomi introduced a revolutionary concept by showing ads in their operating system in exchange for affordable hardware, thanks to this strategy they gained massive market share in a price sensitive market like India and other companies started copying them.

Thanks to them, even Samsung is now adding ads to their budget offerings because if they don't, people will call their devices overpriced and won't buy them (Oneplus Nord is considered overpriced here in India because Xiaomi and Realme are a...

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Ivona TTS voices for Android

Hi everyone. I decided I'd make a thread about it, since I already published this in comments in another thread which I'll also mention bellow, but this way more people can see.

I'll be putting here all the Ivona TTS voices that have been ported unofficially from PC to Android.

**NOTICE:** If for some reason Amazon still cares about this or whoever has (had?) its rights, then just tell me and I'll delete this as I want no problems at all with anyone. I guess it's not bad at all since they're n...

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For users with Android desktop mode: how has your usage changed during the pandemic?

As an advocate for this feature, I believe it will bring longterm benefits in terms of the "work from home" lifestyle. Having all your important work documents on one device instead of having to sync with the cloud is very convenient. It could even replace laptops, for those who don't perform heavy tasks in laptops. I'm hoping that the discussion in this post will raise awareness for the feature in certain phones and push for more manufacturers to implement the feature (or even push Google to cr...

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Mobile Services Manager via ATT - Friendly reminder about invasive bloatware.

Just before I planned on porting my number and moving away from AT&T, I noticed random apps getting installed on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8. These apps included wonderful items such as Candy Crush Saga, a random calendar app, another random game I don't remember the name of, etc. After inspecting the properties of these applications, it was found they were installed by another application known as Mobile Services Manager. When checking the properties of that application, it says the same thing, "I...

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Galaxy Note 20 launch megathread

The Note 20 will be launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event at 2:00pm UTC today. The event can be watched on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmS5rlX9cDA). Links to first impressions of the Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra will also be added once they are available.

Links:

MKBHD: [Note 20 Ultra Video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mRvBCXMSrBE)

The Verge: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgA4sUoKtAQ), [Article](https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21353196/samsung-galaxy-note-20-ultra-price...

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Google just confirmed that within the next couple of weeks WearOS users will no longer have an y officially supported way to playback music on device anymore, due to Play Music shutting down.
https://support.google.com/wearos/thread/62849874?hl=en

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