Which phone do you have? I’ve been able to disable that “swipe left to access Google” thing on every Google Pixel I’ve ever owned. Just long-press your home screen and go to home settings and disable it.

That’s ok.

I use revanced for YouTube on my Android phone.

I use Smarttube Next for YouTube on my Android TV.

It works wonderfully.

That isn’t new, that’s how ad networks work. Google owns one of the largest ad networks.

It’s important to me - I don’t use phone cases.

This never made it to outside the US, what exactly was it? (the linked help page doesn’t actually say)

Useless? Really?

Which app are you using to remap remote buttons?

Both of these apps were sold to dodgy third parties who make their revenue through ads.

Easily done.

Here’s mine, for some more fun -

Sony Xperia X1 (the very first Xperia - it had a stylus, keyboard and ran Windows Phone 5.1 (the original pre-iPhone OS, not the later metro style OS)

HTC Desire (the og desire! and my first Android phone. I rooted this and flashed it on a weekly basis. Miss those days…)

Nexus 4

Moto E (I dropped my 4 and figured I’d try a super cheap phone, worked surprisingly well)

Sony Xperia X3 Compact

Nexus 5X

Pixel 3

Pixel 7

I miss small phones so much…

You’re presumably talking about the Pixel Launcher widget, which isn’t removable (you can disable it but you don’t get the space back).

This article is about the widget that non-Pixel phones can install, which will behave more like a standard widget as it can work on any launcher or device.

He literally defended himself bowing to government censorship a few months ago. Keep up.

Are you allergic to punctuation?

Nothing beats Google Photos for me, personally.

So I bought a used Google Pixel 1 (first gen) and use Syncthing to sync my camera roll from my phone to the Pixel 1.

Google originally advertised the Pixel 1 as having unlimited cloud storage for life, so they have to stick to it. I don’t pay for Google storage but I’ve got at least 500gb stored in Google Photos (including all my RAW photos and my digitised VHS tapes).

I’ll abuse this system until the Pixel 1 dies and I can’t get another one, then I’ll cry.

The two-stage shutter button from Sony cameras and phones is something I miss dearly.

Your links don’t work.

So nothing to do with you “having an opinion about Samsung”, that was clear bullshit. How about you edit that comment and stop spreading bullshit?

My wife keeps telling me she’s feeling unsupported.

Both Android and the Play Store can already show you your least used apps, what does this app do differently?

Unstable commitment is Google’s whole schtick.