> Android 15's FileIntegrityManager includes new APIs that tap into the power of the fs-verity feature in the Linux kernel. With fs-verity, files can be protected by custom cryptographic signatures, helping you ensure they haven't been tampered with or corrupted. This leads to enhanced security, protecting against potential malware or unauthorized file modifications that could compromise your app's functionality or data.
Seems to me like plain old DRM for "experience providers" at the expense of end users. Why should some app developer have a say in my ability to edit files on my own device?
The systematic neutering of Android's pro user tinkering capabilities continues unabated.
> Android 15 brings Android AD Services up to extension level 10, incorporating the latest version of the Privacy Sandbox on Android, part of our work to develop new technologies that improve user privacy and enable effective, personalized advertising experiences for mobile apps.
Only a fool would believe this measure is meant for the benefit of anyone but adtech companies.
> Europe also prides itself for its glorious occupation by … ahem… by the thing I’m not allowed to talk about because we’re under occupation.
> We’re vegans, we’re trans, we’re using non-violent communication, we’re in discord on our soil, we destroy every trait of masculinity during education
Remind me what exactly do these have to do with Russian aggression again?
Tangential to this topic, my favorite example of dynamic music is in Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005's police pursuit soundtrack: https://youtu.be/YtSQCYStwew
While certainly much more primitive than modern games (it's merely looping segments of a premade track), Most Wanted 05 does a great job of live scoring the pursuits, playing, looping, and smoothly segueing between the track segments. From experience I guess it selects the segments based on the heat level, player speed, police proximity, and other factors that I'm not even sure about.
There are 4 pursuit
soundtracks in the game, I highly recommend people listen to them if not try the pursuit mode itself in game. If nothing else it's thrilling as hell, a feeling that the modern entries still somehow fail to capture fully.
