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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 21:32:19 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   @janeadams @Techaltar Regardless of where they're made, aren't they designed by Google, meaning the Android team has the ability to co-develop the hardware and software as well as to extensively dogfood through each iteration?

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     Jane (janeadams@datavis.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 21:32:34 JST Jane

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     @Techaltar What do you mean by "first party hardware" though? Afaict the Pixels are made by Foxconn

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     Jane (janeadams@datavis.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 21:32:36 JST Jane

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     @Techaltar the Pixel 4a was the best phone I ever had. I got the Pixel 6 when it came out, and two years after I bought it, it one day just bricked itself randomly and never turned back on again (you can search "Pixel 6 Bricked" to see that this is a widespread problem with no apparent solution or even response from Google). I'm not sure what happened but ever since the 5 it seems that their phones have been all downhill, and you'll see a lot of posts about people downgrading to older models :(

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     TechAltar (techaltar@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 21:32:37 JST TechAltar

     The Pixel 8 is the most buggy mainstream Android phone I ever had (my GF uses it and it just bootlooped itself for 20 whole minutes, often freezes, etc.).
     Ironically, my Surface Pro 7 is also the most buggy Windows machine I ever owned and the Surface Pro X of my studio mate Kilian is currently unable to turn on, stuck on a boot screen.

     You'd think that 1st party hardware would be the most stable, but in my small sample size I've never found that to be the case.