[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeep447:
I respect that you're entitled to your own opinion, but I still think it's ridiculous to say it's a product flaw "period" (as if you are holding your breath and stomping your feet while you say it lol) when it's caused by nothing more than software, so I guess you're just missing my point. Imo going into anything and expecting it to be perfect is pretty silly especially when you have complete control over the device, but it's just that.. my opinion. If you have yet to install a custom rom and or kernel "that hasn't had some kind of side effects", I would venture to say that you haven't done very many. I just find it funny that the "very cool things" you say can be achieved are actually things like fixing all of the problems you are having, so I'll just never understand how that's a product failure, but again though, that's just me. Clearly we're different considering you download movies from Google Play, because that's something (as someone else also mentioned) you'd never catch me doing. That combined with the fact that you're expecting some sort of cookie cutter, straight forward solution when it comes to having complete control over your device, tells me you're a wildly different consumer that I am. Carriers and manufacturers actually want people to have that exact "cookie cutter" experience, because it allows them to stear people into spending more money. Ultimately it's your device yet somehow they feel as if they have the right to tell you what you can and cannot do with it, and frankly it surprises me how many people don't even get that. What's funny about that though is that I can guarantee if they tried doing the exact same thing except with people's cars, there would probably be a riot in the streets. Imagine if you bought a car outright from a dealer for cash and then decide to put an aftermarket stereo in it, only to find out they put a lock on the factory radio so it cannot be removed unless you pay extra for it. If it sounds pretty ridiculous then why can they do the exact same thing with the cell phones that people own, yet hardly anyone seems to be bothered by it? Imo (again) it's because a lot of people expect that same "cookie cutter experience" where they don't have to "muck" around with anything, so as far as I'm concerned they deserve what they (you) get, especially when they're willing to just let it happen. This also isn't meant to be a slap (even though I honestly believe it's designed for a certain type of person), but maybe you should consider looking into getting an iPhone. The reason I say that is because that software has been designed for literally one device instead of thousands, and since you seem more concerned about how something runs out of the box rather than how it could run, it might just be a better "cookie cutter experience" for you (I don't know why but I just like saying "cookie cutter" a lot today! Blahaha). Anyway like I said that's just my opinion though and maybe I'm just not as critical about things when it comes to my devices, but that could also be because I have them set up exactly they way I want them.. Which is exactly why I'm such a fan of Android to begin with! :D

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