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A fresh round of layoffs has hit Google in its device and platforms division, with Microsoft also considering job cuts soon.
  • Google is set to cut hundreds of new jobs in its device and platforms divisions soon.
  • The company has continued to cut its Google Pixel teams, doing so earlier this year as well.
  • Rival Microsoft is considering a new round of layoffs next month, per reports.
  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
    271·
    8 days ago

    Not like they have made anything with innovative with pixel anyways, other their obsession with using AI

    • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pubEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      …good.

      The reason people use Pixels has always been utility. The Ai garbage was like putting jelly on a biscuit.

      I don’t mind the jelly, personally, but I came for the biscuit, and its still there.

      You can still root them, still unlock them, still use custom Roms, kernels, operating systems in some cases. They’re still what they’ve always been.

      • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        people used pixels and nexus phones largely because the other oems were terrible at the time and riddled with carrier bloatware but that’s not really the case anymore. especially once samsung did away with touchwiz and went to the modern oneui.

        • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Samsung still is terrible. You can’t disable their store or utilities. They always pop right back up and start themselves. One might argue that’s hardly a problem when phones have 6GB+ of Ram now and better battery optimization, but on budget phones that some people get “free” from carriers, it makes them lag-ridden slogs to use.

    • Atmoro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      Correction:

      Other than their obsession with using ai to surveillance & use that to control everyone in different ways

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        remember that android core app, that used to spy on people. nothing very useful.

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      Their cameras and image processing tech were innovative at the beginning right? They were beating out most other phone manufacturers until they caught up. Also their folding phones seemed pretty innovative in regards to their form factor. Idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        pixel has better camera than some other androids, but thats about it. theres very little difference between androids relatively speaking.

      • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        As in we need to legitimize it via adopting payments & telling devs to put their apps here first (& possibly Federate these appstores)

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        i got the aurora store, after i heard about the android coree app that would appear.

  • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    8 days ago

    10years ago I was told that if everyone from my graduating class across the USA went into computer science there still would be too many developer jobs to fill. I wish I could go back. With so many layoffs im competing with hundreds thousands for jobs, fml

    • Atmoro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      7 days ago

      Everyone needs to start creating Unionozed-cooperative businesses. Sharing the load that there can be more jobs. Not enough businesses being made

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      8 days ago

      Got told the same thing about systems administration 20 years ago. I struggled in my initial years. It’s just an upsell to get more people paying for school.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      8 days ago

      10 years ago jobs for cs majors were pretty poor prospects already(as with all stem majors(, I think the Prof was out of touch. I was in a state school in West Coast,where a large percentage of students were cs, majors and the most common complaint is the jobs. This is from multiple forums, + in person experience. I had several people I know who had cs majors, job prospects are lacking,so they went to another state. Seems like they shouldve just got programming certifications instead, I’m not a techie. If their idea is to getting into development and research, like stem, it’s extremely difficult to get into.

  • einlander@lemmy.worldEnglish
    164·
    8 days ago

    Why would they need more staff if they plan on developing it in a closed source manner now?