• foggenbooty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s ridiculous that Google has disabled this feature. Even if we assumr it’s in preparation for desktop mode, that’s still unacceptable. Mirroring is a perfectly valid feature in its own right and it shouldn’t be held back by Google’s “plans”.

    It’s crazy that my old Android phones from a decade ago could do this and the latest pixel cannot. We have been bleeding hardware features for years.

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      1 year ago

      It’s because they want to lock you into Chromecast compatible apps.

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        1 year ago

        The same reason they removed the SD card, to get you using Google Drive, and the headphone jack, to get you to buy pixel buds.

        I wish there were other options but most smartphone makers have dropped out of the game, cost a fortune, or have terrible updates.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’m at a loss for my next phone. Maybe OnePlus if they stay decent.