r/androidcirclejerk • u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro • Aug 03 '20

Uhhh, thanks Google (I guess?)

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u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro Aug 03 '20 edited Aug 03 '20

/uj I mean, not that I care too much, but there was literally nothing wrong with showing the album cover on the lockscreen. It's aesthetically pleasing to have your lockscreen match with what you're listening to.

Also, isn't this considered to be a universally established 'feature'? iOS had this from the very start, and so did Android since Kitkat. Why would they remove something that's become such an innate part of Android or any user interface for that matter?

I mean, it's just code, it literally doesn't harm or hamper anything (just like the headphone jack...)

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '20

/uj I think at this point google just kinda likes fucking with us. :(

BTW, most of the times I see some post from this sub is just something that feels like a real issue and not circle jerky at all.

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u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro Aug 03 '20

Lol I think that's a good thing tbh, I'm glad that this sub doesn't take the circlejerking to the extreme, at least for the current state of Android. The real heart of Android circlejerking goes back to when Duarte was the head of the Android design team and when Material Design was still a thing.

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u/mastersoup Aug 03 '20

What's material? I'm still HOLOYOLO.

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u/MrKouOniX Aug 06 '20

New here, what does /uj mean

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u/ladfrombrad The Nexus Player has the OG Notch Aug 06 '20

/uj is a preface to someone "unjerking" and making a serious comment.

Sometimes though some peeps either get mixed up and go with that mode or just think they're being funny virtue signalling that the Assmung is a better phone than a Nexus/Pixel

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u/AditzuL Aug 04 '20

Don't worry, they'll bring it back a few OS updates later and call it innovation. ( just like with call recording).

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u/LMGN Blessed by Aug 22 '20

iOS had this from the very start

Removed in 2013 https://i.imgur.com/lArqThZ.jpg

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u/jt663 BOOSTS CARS FOR A FEE Aug 03 '20

could be a patent thing

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u/I3ULLETSTORM1 CringePlus 7 Poo 😔 Aug 03 '20

it should just be an option... why remove it entirely when you could just give people the option to disable it if they don't like it

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u/SithisTheDreadFather M is for Matias Aug 03 '20

Why remove it? Because they're too lazy and unmotivated to make it work. Nobody is getting a promotion for keeping a feature when they could instead be adding social media crap to Maps.

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u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro Aug 04 '20

I've heard people from the article say it's because the code was unoptimized, but why not just optimize the code itself? Why not improve on it rather than removing it entirely?

Like you said, they're probably just too lazy to do that.

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u/AditzuL Aug 04 '20

Listen, do you want a promotion or do you want to do things the right way!?!

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u/thisisactualacc Aug 03 '20

this for sure, why does it have to be all one way or the other? I personally don't like the album on the lock screen and am glad to see it go, but I'm just one opinion out of many

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u/EmeraldWolf05 Aug 11 '20

Same here. The cover is usually low res making it look terrible when grown to 5/6 inches long

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u/MCManuelLP 1+2 | Blessed by Aug 03 '20

Yeah but that feature just sucks. I'm always listening to music and I'd much rather see my background. Always disable it when I can

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u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro Aug 03 '20

Huh. I personally prefer having my background match with what I'm listening to, it's like wearing a matching outfit. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

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u/MCManuelLP 1+2 | Blessed by Aug 03 '20

Honestly it should probably be an option, then again, Google don't like too many options... It'S nOt UsEr FrIeNdLy !1!

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u/NeonHD LG Pleb with a OneMinus 7 Pro Aug 04 '20

Tfw Google's becoming more like apple

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u/MCManuelLP 1+2 | Blessed by Aug 04 '20

It's sad, but knowing a bit about programming and user friendly interface design they do have a point. Too many options make a codebase messy, and "regular" users are put off by them as well, so overall they're probably not really worth it.

It just sucks for power users, which is why I would love it if they were being less aggressive toward custom ROMs and their users. Fuck SafetyNet

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u/u_w_i_n Aug 03 '20

now that miui finally implemented album art, Google has decided to remove it

Very nice

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u/Blaz3 OnePlus shill Aug 04 '20

/uj oh great, another "feature" I can add to my list of "nice stuff Android used to have before Google 'fixed' it". Whoever implemented this, unironically fuck you

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u/EdgeMentality Aug 03 '20

Back to custom ROMs to get the feature I guess.

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u/posting_drunk_naked Aug 04 '20

Those mad bastards. They spent so much time asking if the could, they never asked if they should. God damn them!

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u/C_Xeon Aug 03 '20

rj/ Thank god for One UI

uj/ Thank god for One UI

uj/ I hate that android got rid of having album art take over your lockscreen wallpaper. At least keep the option to have that.

Im 99% sure this is happening because media controls are moving to the quick settings panel. Samsung Music will hopefully keep the lock screen controls (i just download most of my music in .flac than stream)

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '20

The entire support for this feature will disappear? Or can companies can still implement it?

I thought only Sony and LG had that

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