Yeah, that's how I do it now. I just mount the network drive on each PC and they can all access the same files. I'm just wondering if there's a usecase that syncthing has that my workflow doesn't that I just can't think of because I haven't used it.
I can set that myself if I want that. Let me be in control of my own device
Visual changes are by subjective, so there's no such thing as an "improvement". I would say reverting it to the previous UI is an "improvement". I'm not talking about not upgrading Android. I'm not talking about not adding new features. I am specifically talking about changing the UI. Why remove buttons and replace them with swipes? Why change colors? Why rearrange the settings? All it does is make it harder to use the device for people who are used to having it a certain way.
I'm talking about Material You's color pallet feature. It identifies colors from your home screen background and sets that as the color scheme for your entire phone.
This feature got tweaked in Android 14. The algorithm was changed, and the colors that it automatically detects are different. This is very disorienting, and some things just don't look good now. For example, you can tell if you are sending RCS or SMS messages in the Google Messenger app by the color the text bubbles are. But now they are the same color. And in order the change that, I have to select a different color pallet, which will change all the colors on my whole phone again.
My questions are:
Why does this feature exist? Why can't I just select the colors I like instead of forcing an algorithm to select the colors for me?
Why did they tweak the algorithm? Now the colors that I got used to are different and there's nothing I can do to get them back.
Why change things at all? Just let our UI stay constant instead of changing it all the time. It's hard to use our phones when the UI changes every year. What benefit is there to changing the way our phones look?
All my colors changed. That's a big change for me. It's so frustrating, because now I can't tell which of my conversations are RCS or SMS by the color. They look very similar. And it's because it's based on my color pallet that is chosen for me by material you, and they changed the colors generated by that algorithm. Yes, I could look for a different one in the settings, literally all of them suck now, and I can't get my old one back. Just let me choose my colors. Don't choose them for me. I used to be able to choose them myself, and they took that feature away. Why? Because they changed the design language. Just leave everything the same, for fucks sake.
It's dramatically different in every possible way other than the name. Successor or not, similar name or not, it's a different design language.
And even with that, it changed dramatically in Android 14 from how it was in Android 13. I'm so sick of updating my phone and it looks different. I don't want to re-learn how to use my phone every year. Just leave it the same.
Technically anyone who makes an android device could have their own. The API is a system-level API, so any app signed with system certificates (aka, any app packaged with your phone) can use it. Any app you download from the play store can't.
I set up AirMessage, and it is very glitchy. I can't message some people because I get an error every time. You need to own a Mac to set it up, and it needs to always be awake. So if you have a laptop, it doesn't really work. There is an option to give your apple login info to a third party, and they will run it on their Mac, but I don't trust that at all.
I just don't understand why we need a new design language every year. Just choose something and stick with it. Idgaf what it is. Just stop changing it every year.
I just tried a new Italian food place that's about 10 minutes away from where I live (I live in a rural area, so that's very close). Somehow I never noticed it before today. They are locally owned, and it appears this is the only location. They don't even have a website.
I'd give it a solid 9/10. Bread rolls were 10/10. I got a chicken parm because that's super safe when trying a new place. Chicken parm was very good, but not life changing. Maybe an 8.5/10. It was a little expensive, but it had large portions, more than enough for two meals. I'm more than happy to pay a little more to support a local business owner.
I'd definitely go back.
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I have something like this, but it's hosted on my Mac mini, so I don't think need to worry about anyone getting hacked other than myself. Obviously you need a Mac to do it this way.
I can't wait for the EU to mandate that iMessage must use RCS under the hood for interoperability with Android.
Oh no problem. For clarity, I'm on Voyager for Android. But I'm pretty sure mine is opening in chrome and chrome is rendering it instead of Voyager (or I assume safari for iOS users)
Oh, got it. That makes sense. Thanks for the info!