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[Posted July 29, 2013 by n8willis]

One day I'll quit my job and write a psychological study on why tech journalists love stock Android. It's fascinating.

— Philip Berne

But, today, who really cares about Unity/GNOME/KDE or GTK+/Qt when all you need to do is to launch a browser full screen? All I need, all I want are web based versions of the free software I use.

— Lionel Dricot

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Posted Aug 1, 2013 1:28 UTC (Thu) by Russ.Dill@gmail.com (subscriber, #52805) [Link]

I like the follow up tweet of his in reply to a dis of another phone, "@sreemoytalukdar I work for Samsung. I'm not touching that issue."

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Posted Aug 2, 2013 23:32 UTC (Fri) by rgmoore (subscriber, #75) [Link]

One day I'll quit my job and write a psychological study on why tech journalists love stock Android.

Not a tech journalist, but I can say why I like stock Android:

Faster updates. I'm already running 4.3 on my Nexus 10.
Less uninstallable junkware. I'd be a lot happier with the manufacturer customized versions if I could get rid of stuff I don't use. Of course, I'd be happier with the Google stock version if I could get rid of some of the Google apps I don't use, too.

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Posted Aug 5, 2013 15:07 UTC (Mon) by rmano (subscriber, #49886) [Link]

Lionel forgot a :-).
Seriously, all the new fads about UI (starting from calling them UX) seems that are though to make for example multi-windows HW or SW design a pain in the back. Windows maximizing themselves, click to focus, forced global menus... ykes. You end with a 27" display and able to interact with just one app at a time.
Or install fvwm2, really.