snowdriftissueMar 4

https://www.androidauthority.com/desktop-mode-march-pixel-drop-3646069/

https://lemmy.world/post/43840125

Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cable - Lemmy.World

This has been hidden in developer options for a while now, but they’re now releasing it officially

Show threadJumbieMar 5
What is an android PC? Is that like a boat car?
Show threadILikeBoobies

All phones are PCs, this is just connecting external displays.

The shock is that it couldn’t already.

Mar 5 at 1:03amWeb
Show threadMrScottyTayMar 5
It’s more than just that, it’s too slow a desktop OS like environment that’s more suited for mouse and keyboard too. It’s not just your phone screen on a bigger screen.
Show threadquantumcropMar 5
I guess the point is that phone hardware has been powerful enough to do it for a while. It’s surprising that no big companies other than Samsung really put any effort into making it work software wise.
Show threadrodneylivesMar 5
Mobile devices tend to be much less versatile than PCs, mind you, and on purpose, due to one of Steve Jobs’ most misguided apprehensions, that it’d be a good idea to hide the filesystem from the user. (Cue someone somehow claiming that’s Good Actually in three, two, one…)
Show threadBartyDeCanterMar 5

Hiding the file system is Good Actually because…

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Nope, can’t come up with a single reason. It’s fucking terrible.