Google’s endless and superfluous Android UI tweaks are the bane of my tech

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Opinion post by
Dhruv Bhutani


There’s a recurring joke amongst enthusiasts that buying into Google’s products is like enrolling yourself into a perpetual beta. But between jarring UI changes or unpredictable results from what should be tried and tested products, I’m just tired of having to figure out Google’s latest interface test when I just want to get things done.

Google might be the de-facto custodian of how you use the internet, but rampant on-the-fly changes with no recourse for the end-customer risks it becoming a dictator instead. The recent experiment with the switch over to orange hyperlinks for search results was the last straw for me, and some things got to give.




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