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by zepto 1869 days ago
Why? Seems like this just ignores reality.

It’s just true that data structures change over time, and sometimes new features mean that old data needs to be re-processed.

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> It’s just true that data structures change over time

Sure, but it seems only 1 of the OS's takes this long to be fully usable post-update. Why is that? Does Android not ever have to change data structures and if so, why doesn't it take their OS 24-48 hours of post-processing to finish the update? You find this acceptable?

Android doesn’t have the same feature set. Comparing the two like this is an obvious fallacy. For example, Apple does their ML e.g. for photos on device for privacy reasons, whereas Google does it in the cloud.

I’m not saying ML is the cause although it could be. I’m saying they are different products with different values, so expecting them to behave the same doesn’t make sense.

And yes, some background processing after an update is more than acceptable. It’s desirable if it means sending less data to Google.