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I don't see how "asked" is important, because agents can convince themselves that they need to do something for arbitrary reasons. The other day Deepseek tried to install an app on my phone via adb without permission and even take screenshots and fake inputs over adb, I never asked it to do that, but it decided it was appropriate.

I find it annoying too, I assume it's because thin and light devices sell more (both in promo photos and when used in Apple stores).

My mum's Samsung S23 Ultra has a ridiculous camera bump and rocks back and forth when you use it, even with some thinner cases. You need a super thick case for it to stay stable.

For a gaming user it would be cheaper to generate a keyboard PCB, plate and case, then manufacture it with JLCPCB and put in your desired switches and keycaps. There are generators online for any custom layout.

This is it for me. I like creating, but making physical objects involves a lot of expense buying the right tools and materials, and making a mistake is costly. I make a lot of mistakes, so programming is perfect.

Although USB debugging (ADB) is arguably the main concern, a lot of apps just lazily check for developer mode - meaning they won't boot even if the menu is enabled. It allows stuff like location faking I suppose?

Interesting, the author is recompiling the Xbox game to PC, and complaining about the poor graphics of the final version.

IMO the gameplay and glitches are a significantly bigger problem. One Argentinian decided to take a different approach, rebuilding the game from scratch in Unity despite having no prior programming knowledge. It's called Project 06 (or P-06) and it's almost complete.

Inevitably we're going to need a separate device for banking apps. Which makes sense until every single app bans developer mode...

People are more worried about the inevitable tightening of the noose that will happen from now on. 24 hour delay is just the start IMO. Eventually it will be adb only. Then adb but only valid for a week, like Apple...

You can install apks via usb debugging as normal.

You can't just click a random apk in a website and install it. At least without the 24 hour wait workaround, done once per device.

Yes but it's not correct to say the apps are being blocked either. There is still a way to install them. You can also use adb directly.

I understand why you didn't mention it, but there is an opt-out: you enable developer mode and wait 24 hours.

As it runs through Google Play Services, it's pretty likely they'll boil the frog and make it even harder in the future. Moving to an open platform is a good idea.

Many of them are not doing anything complicated, it's just a walled garden. Animoog is from 2011 and Moog Model D is from 2018 for example - iOS-exclusive but any modern Android tablet is going to smoke an iPad from that era.

Fair point iPads have decent specs for the price, but if you already have an Android tablet, it would be nice to not have to buy an extra device.

I don't like iOS but you're practically forced to use it for music production - music apps tends to be iOS-only. Being able to run it on a cheap Android tablet would be great.

That's because Black hip-hop culture was deemed cool and worthy of emulation. I'd be surprised if people knowingly copied AI's speech style unless they really like it.