After 10 years on Android, I just switched back. Because I admire Apple’s commitment to privacy, and simply don’t trust Google any more.
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PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Can’t understand why people use such a closed platform as apple ecosystem.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 months ago
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Yeah, about that:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/…/581680/
theguardian.com/…/apple-user-data-law-enforcement…
www.theregister.com/…/apple_apps_privacy_study/
The correct choice would have been a custom ROM for an Android smartphone, without any Google apps and services.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 months ago
I need to use my phone for work, which means I can’t use custom ROMs due to our BYOD policies.
For me, iOS is still by far the better option, especially as use privacy-respecting apps and services (Firefox, self-hosted Immich, etc).
onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 months ago
Do you share your phone for work and private life?
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
How did you solve the issue of adblocking?
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
apple is as bad as googlethey are just lessopen about it.😬
astraeus@programming.dev 2 months ago
Because it works. I don’t have to figure out what (A01839: Device error has occurred.) means or weird Android nonsense all the time. If I wanted a constant project I already have plenty with work and actual things I enjoy wasting my time on. If it’s my computer I can mess around, if it’s my phone it’s just a pain in the ass. Even Samsungs can get weird like that sometimes, although the lower quality and price Android phones are the worst for it.
SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
This isn’t 2010 with Android Froyo where you need two manager to kill apps. And lower quality? All this comment needs is something about camera quality and we have a bingo.
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
outdated bullshit** bingo yeah
astraeus@programming.dev 2 months ago
Yeah lower quality as in the Android phones that cost less than $1000. Because flagship Samsung Galaxy phones generally run more than that. The cheaper Samsung phones also fall into this category.
I had these problems with Android up until 2018 when I got fed up with dealing with each phone having problems that required a time commitment to resolve. Six years later and I have no regrets at all.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Lol, as the others already commented, you clearly have no clue. I have an old Pixel 4 (bought it refurbished for like 300€ 2 years ago) and run a custom rom on it. It just works great, no complaints. Meaning that I never ever had to fiddle around or seen any error codes like you described. I don’t see ads, ever. It is much more privacy respecting, I don’t have any Google/Apple app stores. I can run cracked software on it so I don’t have to pay for premium. I can also have much more control over what apps are allowed to do and what not. And everyone is envious of the pictures it takes, too (I do a lot of macro photography on it). So how is this any worse than an iPhone that constantly spies on you and has a closed ecosystem?