If you don’t like the apps and the fact that they aren’t maintained anymore, complain to Google.
They don’t have to use AOSP apps that haven’t been maintained in years. They take part of the blame for that. They’re the ones who decided to include it in their ROM.
There is a pre-installed app store
Yes, with 3 apps. That’s not really an app store, is it?
They don’t even recommended any app store other than the Play Store, which you have to jump through some hoops to enable.
Digging through their social media posts, they say their recommendation is to download and update each of your apps by downloading it from each developer directly. That is bad UX.
You listing obscure app stores that they don’t preinstall and actually seem to advise against is not proof that they care for UX.
They don’t want to include any unnecessary bloat, so they leave the OS very minimalistic on purpose.
I understand that. That’s fine. I was complaining about the lack of attention to UX. Replacing the alarm clock app with a modern one, for example, isn’t bloat, but it is good for UX.
You’re completely ignoring my entire point: the fundamentals are decent but the UX seemingly gets zero attention, which I find unfortunate. Your comment backs me up, even, because it talks of convoluted steps to improve the experience that the devs either don’t speak of, or actively discourage.
Not everyone likes to spend 5 hours tinkering on their phone and looking through vague guides to have it work normally.
They don’t have to use AOSP apps that haven’t been maintained in years. They take part of the blame for that. They’re the ones who decided to include it in their ROM.
Yes, with 3 apps. That’s not really an app store, is it?
They don’t even recommended any app store other than the Play Store, which you have to jump through some hoops to enable.
Digging through their social media posts, they say their recommendation is to download and update each of your apps by downloading it from each developer directly. That is bad UX.
You listing obscure app stores that they don’t preinstall and actually seem to advise against is not proof that they care for UX.
I understand that. That’s fine. I was complaining about the lack of attention to UX. Replacing the alarm clock app with a modern one, for example, isn’t bloat, but it is good for UX.
You’re completely ignoring my entire point: the fundamentals are decent but the UX seemingly gets zero attention, which I find unfortunate. Your comment backs me up, even, because it talks of convoluted steps to improve the experience that the devs either don’t speak of, or actively discourage.
Not everyone likes to spend 5 hours tinkering on their phone and looking through vague guides to have it work normally.