Notices by Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io), page 109

@lain They clearly don't bother much about it and just want to make some bucks out of it

@harmlessgryphon Actually, Material DOES allow for that: you can use a smaller density by changing the size of the interface on Android settings, for instance.

@GeekDaddy I'm not sure if your statement makes sense tbh, but yeah, Fuchsia has its own kernel, APIs and a Flutter-based interface. The low-level stuff is overall very nice but it's still getting Google branding and features all around.

@Sir_Boops Yay, I will now go and seastead my own tax-less paradise then :woah:

@harmlessgryphon Nah, I don't think the original Material Design does an inefficient use of space, just like I don't think GNOME does either (if the app uses CSD at least). The space's purpose is to give a clean layout regardless of the display being used while still giving focus on the content, and I believe it does so properly.

@Sir_Boops there's actually an annual fee though, it's called "taxes"

@Sir_Boops there's actually a annual fee though, it's called "taxes"

@Sir_Boops oh look it's @mike

And finally, remember that Android Wear is now called "Wear OS by Google". I believe Google is now thinking of Android, or at least AOSP, as "Pixel OS by Google". I wouldn't trust Android P and upper as well as the new Chromium as this trend only seems to be increasing.

@haze231 I know, thanks to Trump & co. I wouldn't care because I don't live there - except they're now bombarding Spain with ads because they want to milk us out to compensate losing the US market.

@haze231 luckily Treble updates are now a thing but I have yet to see any phone manufacturer doing them

@oct2pus It's ironically the only thing that is fine, since the slowdown is for testing purposes

@haze231 we livin' da android life bruh

Further looking into it: Chrome is also going to push this "Material Design 2" into it, and it does feel like Google pushing their branding into Material, instead of them applying Material into their branding https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=822069#c12

Is it me, or is Google making Material Design worse just to push their branding into it, thus making the idea that Android is a Google product stronger? https://medium.com/@helloVRGSoft/material-design-2-on-android-p-da9990cff91c

I'm having such a great time learning as of lately and there's so much stuff to learn about that I don't see why should I go to the outside world rn :blobderpy:

@zeta > "The joy of working low-level" your sense of joy is twisted

...with high-level abstactions. There's even stuff such as intermezzOS (in the process of being rewritten) that teach how to code operating systems in a humanly-understandable way. Stuff such as Cargo, Xargo, traits and the clear distinction between safe and unsafe code help a lot.

> "opportunity to rebuild all of computing as we know it" :blobderpy:

I get how exaggeratedly hyped that sounds... but it isn't lol

@zeta A warranty that your code is memory safe. The joy of working low-level (firmware, kernels, drivers, etc.) with high-level abstractions. The open and helpful resources and community. The opportunity to rebuild all of computing as we know it for the best.

@zeta You're missing out tbh :shrug_yui: