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    1 year ago

    Yes, it’s amazing that in this day and age, android phones still have NONE of the services Apple provides

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        With Android OEMs you always get something that is somewhat similar to the iPhone counterpart, but on the cheap. It’s always been like this and honestly, it’s maddening given the price tags.

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          1 year ago

          So like if you had 1000 megapixels in the camera and the android counter had 999 it’s “worse” even though you can do way more on an android without paying apple for everything? Like I still have no idea wtf you’re on about

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          1 year ago

          Waiting for an actual example. Lol. What can you do on an iPhone that you can’t do on an Android phone?

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            1 year ago

            Well, a whole bunch of things. I really don’t want to play devil’s advocate (disclaimer: I hate Apple), but things like keeping the same smartphone with its security updates for 7 years (making the price per year of iphones cheaper than androids), getting privacy features, hardened security, essentially make apple device more able than the vast majority of android devices.

            Surely, that’s not true for all. I believe the Fairphone beats them all on those points, though that’s very niche.

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              1 year ago

              getting privacy features,

              What privacy features? And did you know many skins offer fake information? For example OPPO and Vivo. Provides fake IMEI and tracking information to the app instead of blocking access.

              It poisons the well enough that tracking data in China is basically useless.

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                You realize that is only a subset of data that apps have access to right? And the app permissions you grant on Android have always had an issue of being overly vague, way too broad, and never making clear just how far reaching the data it gathers goes?

                I find it ridiculous that anyone can trust Google to make it harder to track users of their software and devices. They’re an ad company first and a tech company second. Their entire revenue stream is based on selling your eyeballs to advertisers. Everything from Android to the Play store is about selling you to other companies, not selling you a product.

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              You get privacy features and hardened security, next time don’t buy but a Chinese brand you can’t even pronounce and think it represents the 99.99% of all devices. Dumb ass hell comment.

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              try sideloading an app on your iphone without voiding your warranty and software updates.

              for tech savvy people, android has the best market for sideloaded apps. youtube revanced, modded spotify, apps that add entire new features, many more. on iPhones this market is relatively non-existent.

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                1 year ago

                You’re absolutely right on this point. I’ve known AltStore and know it’s really limited.

                Gladly, Europe’s Digital Markets Act (mostly against companies such as Apple) is changing things in the good way regarding this. It’s still infuriating laws are necessary for this.

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                1 year ago

                Exactly this - Want to use another browser on that I phone that isn’t Safari? oh no - every other choice is just a differently skinned Safari. Don’t get me started on Apple maps. Android you can change the functionality by using any number of different launchers. I phone tech is overpriced for the feature set and you are limited to their walled garden. I would love the satellite feature and it’s only a matter of time before it’s in Anroid. The Apple ecosystem is style over function and us technically inclined people will never settle for the Fisher Price simple phone.

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                1 year ago

                Sideloading or rooting a phone does not void warranty. Although some (ie Lenovorola) makes the process of unlocking bootloader to allow a phone to load rooted or third party OS to go through their site that “voids” the warranty.

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                    Since when? If push comes to shove and it still boots you can DFU restore the latest supported iOS version at the price of losing your JB. Samsung trips Knox and US models haven’t had a unlocked bootloader in like 5+ years, Moto voids warranty when you request a bootloader unlock code, Pixels just complains at splash screen if you try to unlock or load a 3rd party OS, but they don’t necessarily force you to load the latest OS unlike Apple.