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> Personally, I’d rather not have Google buried deep inside all aspects of my phone. I mean, one could say the exact same thing but swapping Google with Apple.
Google core business is ads. It is not the same.
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I switched from Android to iPhone last year, and this just isn’t true. There’s so many tiny issues with android apps that just don’t exist on iPhone, because the android apps have to work on all these different devices. You don’t even have to look for the kinds of apps you’re talking about because things like Safari and Apple Podcasts work really well. I know people have a lot of complaints, but things on the iPhone…
> because things like Safari ...work really well Are we living in the same universe? We manage a fleet of tablets (both Apple and Android) for a healthcare company whose EMR is web-based. And because of that Sarafi has made our lives miserable. So much so that we're migrating to Chromebooks. I've been developing for the web for 15 years. The first half was spent battling Internet Explorer. Now it's Safari.
When Google inquired in court how that could be if Apple doesn't even allow any form of side-loading, including other app stores (which Google does allow)
The judge said, I shit you not, Apple doesn't have any competitors on their platform, therefore they can't be anti-competitive.
Probably one of the worst most off the rails rulings ever. Google took notes and is now following Apple. You can thank the courts
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> Do you have a choice to move from android, if you didnt want to have an apple device? Not wanting and not having a choice are two different things. > Do you want to use a different search engine other than google? Is there another email provider than gmail (for the non-technical person - i know you can run your own) My wife uses ddg and outlook, she's non-technical. I convinced her to use ddg but she's always used…
> Not wanting and not having a choice are two different things. As a general statement, sure. But if we are talking about mobile phones this is a very privileged and unrealistic point of view. According to chatgpt, 70-80% of mobile phone sold worldwide every year cost less than the cheaper iPhone. Some people could probably stretch their budget and get the cheapest iPhone, but otherwise it seems safe to conclude that…
People do stretch their budget when they really feel the need for it (and the poorest you are the more you'll want to prove you're not poor by buying a status symbol), also the second hand market is an easy way to get a cheap iPhone. Sure, it won't be the latest model...
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> In which category are there better iOS apps? Almost all of the prosumer apps on iOS offer a consistently better experience. This is maybe less relevant on phones than on tablets, but music production, video editing, digital painting and drafting, etc...
> Almost all of the prosumer apps on iOS offer a consistently better experience So for people who don't want to use computers. I cannot work with a tablet or phone. I need a computer.
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Except only a few countries in the world have wages where their citizens can afford Apple. While I can afford Apple, out of principle I am not buying anything above 300 euros, that requires me to also buy another computer for hobby coding, and a dev license. All my use of Apple hardware is via projects where pool devices are assigned to the delivery team.
This is one of Apple's marketing strategy. Faux luxury. Totally works in the US too on teens, moms, and lower middle class people.
They'll make fun of the kid who has a Galaxy S24 while proudly showing off their aging iPhone 12...
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I switched from Android to iPhone last year, and this just isn’t true. There’s so many tiny issues with android apps that just don’t exist on iPhone, because the android apps have to work on all these different devices. You don’t even have to look for the kinds of apps you’re talking about because things like Safari and Apple Podcasts work really well. I know people have a lot of complaints, but things on the iPhone…
> but things on the iPhone really do “just work”. For values of “just work” close to 0. Make a picture, connect with a Windows PC, iOS needs a password, then the picture is not visible to the PC, disconnect, go with Apple photos to look at the picture, repeat connecting, with password, now it is visible. Try to set up a hotspot, there is no button to turn the hotspot on/off. So yes, it “just works"
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> The answer should not be negative, but the app says "-4". When I do those exact keypresses I get the correct answer.
When I do those exact keypresses I also get "-4".
Can you show what you’re seeing?