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The reason given is:
Specifically, Google wanted to eliminate the button that lets you view all your open apps, making it easier to see your apps with a swipe.
But the underlying reason for wanting to do it comes from this quote from Dave Burke, Google's VP of engineering for Android
"Android have those three buttons at the bottom: Home, back and something else," Burke said. "And it's, it's a little too much, a little too complicated. I think of it as like walking into a room with three doors and it's like, 'which door do I go in?'"
My response to Burke would be: Well, Dave, when you walk into the room, and there's three doors, and one of them is labeled "bedroom", one of them is labeled "kitchen", and one of them is labeled "bathroom"; it's pretty easy to decide whether you're tired, hungry, or need to take a leak - so maybe you should look at having standards for labeling things.
(Score: 3, Informative) by sjames on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:55PM (3 children)
Best bet is make sure the battery is charged and it is turned on. If it's an Android and the user hasn't done something too dumb, they can locate the phone through Google.
Otherwise, they should surely notice eventually that their phone is missing and retrace their steps.
If nobody shows up to claim it in 90 days (local law may vary), it is abandoned. Pull out the sim and do a factory reset. Enjoy! Or giove to a shelter. Many battered women's shelters hand them out since even without a SIM, the phone will dial 911.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @08:49AM (2 children)
How about a battered man shelter? Oh, there probably isn't one. Don't support the sexism. Men get battered too.
Truth is though, the shelters are actively harmful. They do not really try to resolve issues. They are staffed by some very bitter anti-male people who actively push families apart. Children and their fathers are the obvious losers in all this, but women lose out as well when families fall apart.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday May 16 2018, @09:31AM
Or battered fish?
Wait, that's not what you meant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @11:14AM
We men did this to ourselves.
We will do nearly anything to get a piece of snatch, like moths drawn to a flame, or a mosquito determined to get a drop of blood.
There was a time when a man expected to be PAID to take on such a risk and responsibility.... it was called a Dowry, and the woman's father was usually saddled with this.
Today's men not only waive the dowry, but also assume the responsibility of keeping the woman entertained sufficiently to keep her around, lest her lawyer take everything you have.
I know this sounds awful selfish, but staying single seems the only prudent action for the male if he expects to have a roof over his head on his deathbed. There are no "safety nets" for males. Boobs will get you benefits, a penis only marks you as a worker drone, expected-like the drone bee- to produce until you are no longer economically viable.
Go ahead and flamebait me... as a lot of people won't like what I just typed at all... but its the way I see it.
Just don't blame it on the women... we men are totally responsible for this - by being so gullible as to take directions from Hollywood and take all this lovey-dovey stuff as filmed - and we get what we tolerate - and we have tolerated way more than I was willing to tolerate.
So the other guy got the trophy prize... then I later see he's the one who caught a batted hornet's nest.