Notebookcheck has received written confirmation from Google that it deliberately blocked the installation of benchmarks on its Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro devices during the review embargo period. It confirms our earlier report on the issue while raising questions about the company’s practices.
  • @NoDoy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    50•1 year ago

    Chalk me up as one of the folks that was adamant this was due to an API mismatch.

    Yikes. Low benchmarks in the case of everyday Pixel usage isn’t a big deal, but prohibiting the installation without reason will make this a bigger deal than it needs to be. And I can’t fault users for feeling that way.

    • ijeffOPMEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      Yeah it’s a pretty bad look. Benchmarks aren’t a big deal, but folks should be informed before ordering.

    • @Jesus_666@feddit.deEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      “undertaken by Google to stop reviewers, if not or at least make it more difficult, for reviewers to from easily installing”

      That’s still not great. You still end up with “make it more difficult from installing”. How about “…undertaken by Google to make it impossible, or at least more difficult, for reviewers to install…”?

      • Midnight WolfEnglish
        -11•1 year ago

        Yeah, something like that. I didn’t want to rework the entire sentence but it’s so awkward.