you always never get pure Android, it is bloated by phone manufactures. You have the Samsung app store and the xiaomi app security checker and other bloat.
That is true, my specific device has a pretty bloated ROM that doesn’t listen to me at all! Whenever I install an app through F-Droid / Obtainium / Aurora Store / etc., it does a “security check” that always fails (what’s the point then?) and tells me not to install this app, despite having given the install unknown apps permission already! And whenever there’s an internet problem, the phone tells me to disable private DNS (I’m using NextDNS), and there’s no option to disable that. The phone also has a whitelist for SMS messaging apps, meaning I have to choose between the stock app and Google Messages, which isn’t great.
Most of the initial advertising and such can be disabled though, and with Android I can use a custom launcher (Kvaesitso) that feels infinitely better than both the stock launcher and whatever iOS uses! And I can actually access the files through USB like a sane person, which is way better than the delicate dance with iTunes that Apple required!
If I ever get another device, I would definitely go with one that supports something like LineageOS or GrapheneOS (maybe CalyxOS if they come back), or perhaps mobile Linux will be strong by then? Who knows.
Windows is a huge pile of crap
Indeed, even if somebody was oblivious to how privacy invasive Windows is, the OS is annoying nowadays and is too bloated to run on lower end devices. If only a large manufacturer pushed Linux on the desktop as an option for a reduced cost (currently it’s just Valve, Lenovo on some of their business class devices, and smaller manufacturers like Framework and System76). Imagine if Dell, Asus, etc. had the guts to say screw you Microsoft, and they developed their own spin of Linux for their own hardware that ran better, that would be neat. Unfortunately, money. It seems like MS is currently one of the main drivers for Mac adoption…
Apple has a very straightforward design that is instantly recognizable. People love that
People like knowing what they are expecting, they don’t like surprises. I think this makes sense, given that Apple has been doing a similar design ethos of metal and glass for ages now (even in product categories where it isn’t all that great in, like their headphones and headset).
by paying a higher price, people have the feeling of buying “premium”
Perhaps given rising prices for everything now, more people will become price conscious? Dunno really
dkppunk@piefed.social 1 week ago
This right here is the perfect explanation. A lot of folks go for what they already know and if they know Apple products, they go for Apple.
I know better options exist. I know I could do all this customization with distros and side loading and whatever, but I don’t have any interest or desire to learn that. I would rather spend that time in my garden or outside on a hike or go camping. So I go for what I know and I know Apple.