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 threadILikeBoobiesMar 5

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

The shock is that it couldn’t already.

Show threadrodneylives
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…)
Mar 5 at 9:35amWeb
Show threadBartyDeCanterMar 5

Hiding the file system is Good Actually because…

Tap for spoiler

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