This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.
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There are definitely good, non malicious reasons to have it as a separate app and that should actually be preferred. Off the top of my head:
- Separation of permissions - it only has the permissions it asks for instead of every permission messages has
- It can be disabled/removed without disabling messages
- it can be reused by other applications if that's a desirable feature
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Hotdog/not hotdog finally out?
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Thanks, it says "install" so I must not have it. Whew
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A "dumb phone" these days is really just an android phone with more user restrictions and less security, but all the same spyware.
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No, its not running Android at all, Android uses way too much power and drains the battery much faster. Its actually terrible for a phone if all you want is to make phone calls with it.
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Ok, I gotta change to Graphene asap
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Doesn't show on my phone or app store, I'm on Android 15 in the US.
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Keeping sealed iodine patches and band aids inside my leather wristbands.
Staying on the edge of the pit to catch anyone who falls or takes a hit.
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Not sure why everybody is upset that it's a separate app. Google has been doing this with Android for almost a decade now in order to bring new functionality without needing to update the entire operating system.
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What's that
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I was gonna say, I feel like I've been seeing a new Android system app pretty regularly when checking what needs updating in Google Play.
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I never got it on mine but maybe thats because I have a fucken Samsung and I've already adb'd away all the shit I dont want
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I got it on a Pixel 7, but I uninstalled it because I'm not trying to have Google spy on me for yet another reason.
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Basically oscillating the tool up and down while rotating the workpiece back and forth, while spinning the tool very, very slowly.
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Literally my phone just now
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They have been moving things to apps so they can substitute piecemeal the open source OS with their close sources:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/That article is from 2018. It has only gotten worse.
