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sudotstar , in Qualcomm wants OEMs to have easier time updating Android

I'm cautiously optimistic about this, because Qualcomm has been actually putting in some work to get the mainline Linux kernel more supported on their Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/qualcomm-goes-where-apple-wont-readies-official-linux-support-for-snapdragon-x-elite. This doesn't necessarily mean the same benefits will come to their mobile chipsets, but I'm hopeful that there is some runoff benefit from their new laptop efforts here.

While I do not expect to see Android devices with future Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipsets immediately booting mainline kernels on release, this might be a step towards achieving something closer to that. Those efforts will certainly make it easier for phone manufacturers to release updated kernels, and therefore Android releases, for their devices, or at least stop using Qualcomm as the excuse for not doing so (see e.g. Fairphone 4's software support roadmap: https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9979180437393-Fairphone-OS).

Moonrise2473 , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features

I wouldn't use those features even if they were available for everyone.

Why the hell do you need a pip window to watch a 30 seconds video while you do something else?

Why would you let the app automatically download garbage shorts that the algorithm decided that you are going to like

SuperSpecialNickname , in The Galaxy S25 could come with a MediaTek SoC - android authority

That's gonna be rough for a bootloader unlock

Voytrekk , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features
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Would be nice if they would implement a sponsor block type feature, but I doubt we will ever see that happen.

skullgiver ,
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Revanced has that, as well as a load of other features. Can be used without root access these days.

kokesh , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features
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Stupid shorts I've turned them off completely in reVanced

gedaliyah , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features
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This is probably an unrelated app.

mke , (edited ) in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features

Unrelated, but I just found out there's a .youtube TLD. Not sure how to feel about this.

Some features of premium actually sound really interesting, but I find myself struggling to reconcile my interest in both those features and the general idea of an internet that isn't built upon ads with my strong dislike of Google and a sincere wish to give them as little money as possible.

kugmo , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features
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Save your wallet and install Newpipe.

lolrightythen ,

I've just started using newpipe and it's great. I download audiobooks easily for when I'm working overnights and a few rooms get no mobile data

Diabolo96 , in Level up your YouTube experience with these new Premium features

Thanks for the TLDR

dog_ , in rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded

It'd be so funny to brick all Rabbit R1's

Mango , in OnePlus Ace 3 Pro announced – SD 8 Gen 3, up to 24GB RAM and 6,100 mAh battery

Root or die

Jolteon ,

Historically, OnePlus phones have always had an unlocked bootloader. I don't see why that would change with his generation.

Mango ,

Not 11.

edonkey , in The Galaxy S25 could come with a MediaTek SoC - android authority
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I agree Qualcomm is said to be going to charge more for their SOC's which aren't AFAIK on par with apple arm soc's. But due to android dominance, they can do that.

We need another serious player.

Welp_im_damned OP ,

I mean mediatek is capable. We see that they are using vivo's x100 series but not the ultra.

TheGrandNagus , in Qualcomm wants OEMs to have easier time updating Android

Do they? Presumably they'd open source and upstream their firmware or at the very least provide longer software support if that were the case.

Markaos ,

Yeah, even the TLDR makes it sound more like Qualcomm is yielding to the pressure from OEMs who want to be able to offer longer updates

boonhet ,

What's funny to me is that you could say Apple is the reason for this.

Apple's had longer OS support for their phones than any Android manufacturer for a while, but then Google started catching up when they got their own chips and now Samsung and the others are pushing Qualcomm to quit their bullshit.

I do use an iPhone myself currently, but if Qualcomm opens their shit up enough that OEMs can provide at LEAST 5 years of software updates to their flagships, I might go back to Androidland (though I'm not sure what to even consider, I dislike Samsung and OnePlus disappointed me so hard with the OxygenOS->ColorOS switch that it's literally the reason I went to iOS.

I suppose any Android phone would be good if I ran a custom ROM like I used to, but a couple of years ago bank apps in my country started checking the integrity of the bootloader and whatever. I couldn't find any way around it back then, but maybe there's something now?

fossphi ,

No, that'd be too easy. We can't have that. Please buy new chips.

limerod , in rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded

Wow, when you thought things couldn't get any worse.

Welp_im_damned , in Samsung Unveils Versatile Image Sensors for Superior Smartphone Photography

While good sensors it seems like Samsung is just content with just staying in the mid to low-end segment.

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