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Dear Google, Stop it.

Dear Google,

Stop it.

Stop what, you ask?  Stop being so damned arrogant.  You’ve forgotten your own motto, “Don’t Be Evil” and you’ve missed sight of what made you the tech giant you are today.

I write this because yesterday, T-Mobile released Android 5.0.1 for the LG-G3 as an over the air (OTA) update.  Jessica and I both have the LG-G3, and have been pretty happy with them.  They were running Android 4.4.2.  The reason we went with the G3 was primarily because of the screen and the camera.  I’m used to Android 5.0, having a Nexus 7, a Nexus 10 and I recently got an NVIDIA Shield Tablet, which I’ll be reviewing later.  These all run Android 5.x, so I knew what to expect.  I saw the update for the G3 and installed it with no issues.

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Oh, Comcast how I wish I could quit you

No, really, I wish I could quit you.  Unfortunately, cable service is effectively a monopoly in most places.  You’re the only company that can provide half way decent Internet speeds, and the only company that allows me to use a cable card for my MythTV setup.

Why, oh, why do you make it so painfully frustrating whenever you call in for any sort of issue?  Your customer service people aren’t really trained to handle much more than telling people to reboot their cable boxes.  And don’t even think about asking a question that isn’t answered by the script that they’re reading from.

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