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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 14:57:46 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Android users, what's stopping you from switching to iOS (iPhone)? Be honest.

   • Ilija (homernotsimpson@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:05:02 JST Ilija

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     @nixCraft is iOS open source?

   • J_K_R (j_k_r@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:06:55 JST J_K_R

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     @nixCraft got now a second Phone...its a fu**** iPhone. Hate it. Turning Off the Location Function, are 3 steps to many....

   • Passawat (passawat@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:14:54 JST Passawat

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     @nixCraft I don't want to be a slave.

   • j4n3z (j4n3z@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:18:04 JST j4n3z

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     @nixCraft first of all: what is starting me to want to switch in a first place?

   • init6 (init6@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:20:11 JST init6

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     • GrapheneOS

     @nixCraft I recommend iphone to most people but personally I've been very happy with @GrapheneOS and trust the project more than apple by far

   • Cy (bitsnakezero@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:22:42 JST Cy

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     @nixCraft Incompatibility and the associated restrictions on freedom, privacy and the overpriced price of end devices for iOS.

     Of course, everything that is connected to the internet can be monitored and every device manufacturer has its own "data interests".

     I even think that open source OSs that support Android apps are even better for Smartphones. However, I haven't tested it myself yet.

   • Johannes (jmbfountain@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 15:36:39 JST Johannes

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     @nixCraft price and ease of development

   • Asyx (asyx@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 16:00:38 JST Asyx

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     @nixCraft i had a short detour from android to iOS with the iPhone 12 and it's mostly niche apps where the dev didn't bother with iOS, iPhones being boring and me getting bored of them and I just prefer how android looks and feels these days. There is also the price. I was fine with the base model but my wife wanted a bigger screen and a better camera which means the next phone needed to be the pro max and then the price is extremely unreasonable.

   • GP-u-Moto (gpumoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 16:22:12 JST GP-u-Moto

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     @nixCraft You guys should really be looking at OS alternatives to both Google and iOS.

     https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2018/08/21/google-data-collection-research/

   • Gert-Jan Kroese (gjkroese@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 16:29:49 JST Gert-Jan Kroese

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     @nixCraft the ability to run the superb #grapheneos on excellent #degoogled #pixel phones

   • Régis Haubourg (regishaubourg@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 16:40:58 JST Régis Haubourg

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     @nixCraft price. Vendor locking everywhere.

   • Bastet (bastetfurry@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 16:53:03 JST Bastet

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     @nixCraft the gilded cage. This is my device and I decide what and what not runs on it.

   • benaki (benaki@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 17:19:24 JST benaki

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     @nixCraft can't run CalyxOS.

   • Virkkunen (virkkunen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 17:50:29 JST Virkkunen

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     @nixCraft The price of the devices; keyboard resetting back to the iOS one; the ridiculously aggressive auto correct; everything takes 2 or 3 extra taps to complete and it's hidden away; pretty much every app is going to be a subscription; the notification system (or lack of a real one).
     I legitimately tried to switch to iOS and like it, but every single day it was a different headache, I was fighting the OS to do basic things and nothing would go on as i expected.

   • Psyhackological (psyhackological@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:06:06 JST Psyhackological

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     @nixCraft
     custom ROMs, freedom of choice, open source apps, apple ecosystem lock-up, being behind with OS's features:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz5UKPuL8N8

   • keith684 (keith684@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:15:14 JST keith684

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     @nixCraft No GrapheneOS.

     Apple does some weird things sometimes.

   • Mlíkař (mlikar@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:30:12 JST Mlíkař

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     @nixCraft I switched to iPhones somewhere around 2018 and while I tried several Android devices after that they never lasted me more than three months. It is about apps and work flows for me - my photography hobby is rooted with Lightroom and that works on iOS, iPad OS and MacOS way better than on Android and Windows. After that it's pretty easy to root in the walled garden. I don't like Apple per se, but out of the big tech behemoths I don't hate them the most.

   • bison ✅ (bison@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:48:09 JST bison ✅

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     @nixCraft puh, hard to say
     * the price (i can buy 2-3 fairphones for the price of 1 iPhone)
     * the walled garden
     * repairability
     * ethics

   • Rastal (rastal@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:54:50 JST Rastal

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     @nixCraft I don't want to be put in a walled in phone prison and be controlled by Apple.

     Android is freedom, don't like Google? - Switch to LineageOS, GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, etc. Also, #opensource apps like F-droid, Newpipe, Termux are Android only.

   • Jonathan M. (hstone32@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:55:22 JST Jonathan M.

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     @nixCraft no freedom

   • Furyo (furyoshonen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 20:04:58 JST Furyo

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     @nixCraft it's always something. It used to be the lack of OLED screen, mini Jack, and the over pricing. Now it's the lack of fingerprint reader, and poor live transcriptions. Not to mention the software, which is just buggier than Android. I have a hand me down iPad, that I use for playing the piano, and it crashes once a week, and has issues with connecting to wifi. It is difficult to justify spending 600$ on an older iPhone 13 when you can get a flagship Pixel 8 for 550$.

   • Karthik (karthikshetty@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 20:19:32 JST Karthik

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     @nixCraft money 💵

   • Owen Tyme (owentyme@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 20:23:17 JST Owen Tyme

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     @nixCraft To me, Apple is a pretty bitter pill. I don't trust them to do anything except make a huge profit, which is exactly why I don't trust them. Though I grudgingly admit they do have a history of respecting privacy, it isn't enough to make up for their control-freak-profit-first mentality.

     I don't like Google and Android either, but at least Android is somewhat open source.

     My next phone is going to be a PinePhone running Linux.

   • Bharathi / பாரதி (bharathis@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 21:02:39 JST Bharathi / பாரதி

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     @nixCraft After 12years with Android, I switched to iPhone 13 mini. Only reason is size. Nowadays very difficult find small size Android Phones or iPhones 😕 In iPhone, forget about the development related challenges, even taken the photo out of the device itself is a challenge. 🙅

   • CaveDave (engravecavedave@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 22:28:12 JST CaveDave

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     @nixCraft I have both an old iPhone SE from 2020 and a degoogled Android Phone and the usual lack of customisation/freedom to do what you want on your device is my answer.

     iOS 18 seems to come with many of those customisation features I've been wanting but my biggest concern is and will always be the ability to just be able to view the system files without jailbreak

   • Mii Brr (alongjones_99@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 23:00:11 JST Mii Brr

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     @nixCraft The cost and availability of different phone platforms.
     I just find the Android interface more intuitive than the IOS experience.
     I don't like proprietary behaviors and being locked into the Apple universe
     With Apple buttoning things up more and more it has me moving away from Mac OS and Mac books along with it

   • Rafael Istúriz 🍕 (risturiz@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 23:29:35 JST Rafael Istúriz 🍕

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     @nixCraft Apple ecosystem is BORING

   • Ashley James (dashmage@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 00:30:09 JST Ashley James

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     @nixCraft Possibly Niagara launcher and many small customisation tweaks.

   • lemgandi (lemgandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 00:46:51 JST lemgandi

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     @nixCraft I won't drive a car with the hood welded shut.

   • RoxyAndBlackie128 (roxyandblackie128@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 02:13:33 JST RoxyAndBlackie128

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     @nixCraft Apple doesn't know how to make a good OS and never will.

   • OzoneGameDev (ozonegamedev@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 03:58:02 JST OzoneGameDev

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     @nixCraft
     1. No F-Droid and no easily sideloadable apps.
     2. From what I've seen the user interface is not intuitive in some places, like having to go into the settings to turn off Wi-Fi, because the quick settings only disconnects you from a network.

   • Rin3d (rin3d@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 05:29:39 JST Rin3d

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     @nixCraft Why would i downgrade my experience just for some petty status symbol phone? Android far surpasses IOS in both features and opensource availability.

     You'd literally have to give me the phone for free (including cell service) for me to use IOS and even then Id just sell it and buy a new Android or two.

   • wolfytuga (wolfytuga@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:04:46 JST wolfytuga

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     @nixCraft In my case I went back to the traditional mobile phone, because this dependency for mobile apps for anything is really getting out of hand! Now every single company wants their own slice of metadata... 🙄