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I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by lucian1900 »

ngrilly wrote: post #240
lucian1900 wrote: post #6

I like native apps. I'm still annoyed there's no native desktop Hangouts app and how many things Atom gets wrong.

> how many things Atom gets wrong Like what? I'm starting using it and I'd like to know.

The biggest issue is the performance difference. It takes an entire second to syntax highlight a new file and large files are unusable. Almost all interactions have a noticeable delay, including typing. Scrolling is painfully slow.

At least on OS X, it's by far the app with the largest energy impact. It's the only other thing that competes with Chrome.

Besides that, it doesn't use native UI elements where it could. Plugins don't add top menu items, the folder view on the left isn't a native treeview, it renders its own (slow) scrollbars, it doesn't respect native text rendering settings like line height or font hinting, pop-ups overlap in surprising ways (sometimes scroll bars are above them) and can't easily leave the main window, various elements move around unexpectedly when scrolling to an edge.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by schrodinger »

hueving wrote: post #404
codehalo wrote: post #162

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I think his point is that the goal is to make equipment that minimizes having to make "small, cheap, tweaks to complex parts that can fail due to wear and tear".

That's not how it works though. Manufacturers realized they want to force you to buy again so they just made it unmaintainable with the same lifespan. iPhones are unmaintainable and they still become useless after 5 years or so.

5 years is a long time for a smart phone! And remember that a longer lifespan costs more money. I doubt many customers (myself included) would be willing to pay more money for an iPhone for it to last more than 5 years.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by import »

glitch003 wrote: post #393
agentgt wrote: post #241

For me "Continuity" [1] (ie phone call on computer if I can't find my iphone) is the killer feature for why I stick with Apple. I know there are is something sort of like it for Android but someone showed it to me and it didn't really work. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204681

if you're a project fi user (android only) this happens automatically through gmail. was a bit weird the first time my gmail rang :)

its not same with Apple's handoff. Apple not requires internet connections and "continues everything".

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by cdevs »

He basically list all the reasons I've stayed away from android. As a tech toy it's fun to play with but as a everyday phone it scares the hell out of me security wise when every minute they are opening up the attack surface.

So I've been with iPhone every since, it opens emails, reads text and webpages I barely open the App Store anymore. But I can see your side as I love writing code and tearing things apart to mod - I just decide my phone wouldn't be one.

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Post by mohaine »

sfa_aok wrote: post #358
xd1936 wrote: post #153

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That sounds like a list of uncommon issues. My company's Nexus 10 runs Lollipop really well... Maybe something went poorly with the OS update. Try a factory reset and see if those issues are still happening?

Sorry to pick on your response, and you're right, a factory reset might be worth a shot, but factory resets on Android are a PITA. The last time I did it (my last 3 phones have been Nexuses), it literally took half a day to get the phone back to the point it was at previously - I had to install OS updates, re-install apps (which also reset to 0 in many apps), re-download music (I admit, I could copy files over from m…

Ahhh no. Factory resets don't do ANY OS upgrades. All they do is wipe the data partitions. Unsess you downgrade the firmware no OS needs to be upgraded.

I've wiped my n10 many times. Wipe boot and let it reinstall. Takes a while to reinstall but hands off.

The n10 is problematic hardware wise. Mine will do random reboots and always has. Boots fast so not a huge issue but annoying.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by lttlrck »

_pmf_ wrote: post #172
marincounty wrote: post #158

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I'm still with you father on modern vechicles. Yes--the engine light comes on, and I can read a PID trouble code on many vechicles. The fault code is not always the problem. It's just not that simple to fix a modern vechicle. I pull a generic pid of XXXX, but maybe, around 30% of the time it's just that error code. Manufacturers have scan tools that read there products very well. Much better than my Snap-on 2500mt. I…

> It gets monumentally difficult if your trying to get a vechicle to pass CA Emmission tests. In Germany, we have exemptions for what we call Oldtimers and Youngtimers (tax breaks, permission to enter environmentally restricted areas etc.).

In Germany the vast majority of cars on the road are well looked after and relatively new - at least that was the persistent impression I got during my time there. In the US the average car age seems much older and they are less well maintained on average - the inspection is a breeze in comparison. So in Germany the overall amount of pollution is lower to start with so exemptions for older cars is a less objectionable and more clear cut. Comparatively. That's my thoughts on it anyway :-)

I had a 1974 TR6 with an H kennzeichen! It was an adventure owning that car in Germany.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by iSnow »

ywecur wrote: post #243
stcredzero wrote: post #97

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What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? Actually, this is a pattern that many products follow, as they evolve from a newly tinkered thing pioneered by enthusiasts to a mature consumer device. There is much more "freedom" in 80's and 90's audio equipment. (And markedly higher build quality. Bargain stuff I bought as a teenager is now lauded on ebay as t…

I don't understand why this is seen as required. A Nexus phone if very modular and easy to use.

It's only a gradual difference. A Nexus has no SD-Slot anymore, so one important aspect of modularity has been axed there.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by jug »

taesu wrote: post #78
_kp6z wrote: post #70

I did the opposite and can't believe how much better my life had gotten because my iPhone is just a simple tool that I use for communications and don't think about it as a project. With Android, I always wanted to tweak silly things and run Cyanogenmod because the handset firmware was always so bad and vulnerable. On several occasions I'd bricked my phone requiring hours of recovery, or had transient failures of cell…

These things that you mentioned, you didn't really have to do. Buy a nexus, and it's as clean as it gets. What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? I do agree though, that those samsung/lg/etc phone have lots crapwares + carrier crapwares.

> What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...?

Hmm, I think it's only a jail if it feels like one. I did something similar for my photography, "jailing" myself to a fixed lens with no zoom. It was truly liberating to lock myself in. Yes, I realize the oxymoron there. But I could concentrate on making the best of my skills rather than falling into a gear swamp.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by iSnow »

stcredzero wrote: post #278
selectodude wrote: post #266

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Modern airliners are highly redundant. Stuff breaks on them constantly though.

They're operating closer to engineering limits than your smartphone is, I'd wager.

Considering structural widths in modern CPU's, I'd disagree. But CPU's are built by the billions and planes by the thousands, so the amount of engineering that can go into a CPU is insane.

Re: I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

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Post by Jtsummers »

rifung wrote: post #374
Jtsummers wrote: post #135

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It's antagonistic behavior towards users and unnecessary for most apps to be always-online. This is the difference between "I'd recommend this to friends" and "screw these guys". The primary reason I buy board and card game apps is to play offline when traveling, usually with other people, versus carting around 100lbs of games. If a simple hot seat version of your game requires an internet connection, you're doing it…

I agree that it's annoying because I like to play games on the bus where I also don't have internet. I'm just saying that in a way, this was caused by people pirating too much software. I wish I had a solution which didn't require the apps to go online but I don't.

To forget about piracy. I mean no offense to these developers, but if your app can't sell then it can't sell. People will steal software regardless of what you do. Measures like this almost certainly don't encourage more sales, instead they result in negative reviews and fewer sales.

Related question: This was on iOS. How bad is software piracy for this platform?

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