Well, that sounds expensive.

This “opinion” presumably being based upon your personal experience with being an expensive waste on wheels…

or AND

FTFY

Youngster. Bet you’ve never even seen an 8" floppy IRL. And don’t get me started on tape or punch cards…

With all the data retention and logging requirements being imposed by various governments, your “joke” might not be so far off.

They’re needed just to hold the massive encryption key, I’m assuming.

At the current rate of development, every city will have its own space heater data center, so with all that computational power available to just any maligned local city government dignitary, you’re right to be concerned.

bite byte

FTFY.

Seriously? Have you never run into a right-winger?

Might actually work if the HR person is sympathetic & appreciative of someone with a sense of humor. Assuming it ever makes it past the inevitable AI screening process, anyway.

Especially those of us who prefer to read over watching videos.

About fucking time somebody took action!

For those tired of being nickel & dimed, you can hop the wall here.

a.k.a. “business as usual” when the government that’s supposed to be policing such behavior had become primarily focused upon doing it themselves.

Those who make for the best leaders very rarely want to be leaders.

If I knew about that beforehand, I’d probably be much less likely turn it on to begin with. If I learned the hard way, I’d likely be dissuaded from ever trying it again & just get one of those other apps. Conversely, the fact that my current phone boots much faster than older ones did makes it not really as off-putting an issue at it once was. It sounds like a major PITA until you realize that.

You have control over it so it’ll soon be just like all the other pre-installed crap that you never use, but still eats up limited storage space.

With the addition, Google isn’t only thinking of users’ well-being, of course.

It’s reacting to increasing regulatory pressure around social media harms and algorithmic dangers. Today, many countries and U.S. states have created laws to restrict or ban minors from using social media, as the impacts of these apps on young people’s mental well-being have become better understood.

Google can now point to a feature like Pause Point to claim it’s part of the solution, not the problem.

Ahhh - there it is.

The thing that is much more concerning to me, tho: if this is pre-installed as a standard part of Android, then it could potentially be abused by work, carriers, governments, malware, etc. to control what you can and can’t easily do.

Please do (even though I personally don’t use those apps). Including imposing more of the incredibly large fines the EU has become known for, and applying the bulk of them towards mental health services & initiatives. It’s long past time those companies were held responsible for what they’ve done to rake in such insane profits.

If you’re relying on AI, well then…

(Yes, I know they can have their uses if done properly, but for too many that’s a HUGE “if”.)

Did you get too close to a 5G tower?