c/android · by baatliwala@lemmy.world · 2yGoogle Play services updates for Android Lollipop end https://9to5google.com/2024/07/11/android-lollipop-google-play-services/73 points · 21 comments · view on lemmy.world
21 Comments
baatliwala@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
Iconic release. Material design looked fresh as hell. Shame about the battery life and wake locks though which were never fixed until Android 6.
cron@feddit.org · 13 pts · 2y
The design was really great. Everything 4.4 and below looks horribly outdated.
Chozo@fedia.io · 17 pts · 2y
Part of me misses the short-lived Holo design from the Honeycomb era.
fossphi@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Good gravy. I still remember the yoloholo and praiseDuarte days
agelord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They look outdated because they are more than a decade old.
Jrockwar@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y
FTFY
It wasn't until my Xiaomi Mi 8 that I could use my phone without babysitting wakelocks. My nexus 6P still had them, and the consequences were quite annoying thanks to the SD810...
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
Lollipop was my first Android (I miss my Nexus 6), so I'll always have a soft spot for it
youngalfred@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 2y
Back when material design actually felt like 'material'
ByteMe@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I liked lollipop a lot but stock android didn't look as good. Especially the notification bar.
youngalfred@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
Grrr you reminded me that lollipop got rid of the notification ticker.
One of the nicest implementations of notifications and they scrapped it for intrusive heads up.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Preach!!!
Give me the ticker back!
I disable heads up, permanently. God that's fucking awful.
petrescatraian@mstdn.ro · 3 pts · 2y
@baatliwala Now I feel old...
mrvictory1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Lollipop was my first foray into Android and the reason I switched from iOS. FYI, Firefox still supports it.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it · -28 pts · 2y
False statement from Google, as they know that OEM started to slowly adopt it over months. They still sold Lollipop devices in 2018
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 2y
"first released"
Words, what do they mean, am I right?
Moonrise2473@feddit.it · -18 pts · 2y
The way it's worded it seems like it had "iOS -like" adoption rate, where a week after release, everyone got the update
rozPierog@lemdro.id · 15 pts · 2y
No it isn't
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
That isn't a false statement at all. They didn't say they stopped selling it in 2014, only that it was released then.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it · -16 pts · 2y
We all know that once a new version gets released, it takes 1-2 years to get to customers in average
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
And?
Does that somehow change the release date?
Also, I was running Lollipop in 2014,so not sure what you're on about in the first place.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it · -4 pts · 2y
When something is adopted routinely with at least one year of delay, yes