Couple years back decided to go with an iPhone instead of an android for my upgrade. Quickly found out Android is the superior OS in almost every way - and that Apple really does just rely on being a status symbol and its brand appeal.

It’s the most stripped down restrictive phone I’ve ever used, It looks very slick all over, but that’s about the best I can say about it.

Will never get the appeal these things have, and people should be smarter than this bullshit

  • BelovedOldFriend [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Can you name some things you can't do on an iPhone vs an Android? Thinking about switching in the distant future as I am now the only person in my immediate friends circle without fucking iMessage.

    • Sushi_Desires
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      3 years ago

      Plug in headphones to a 3.5 mm jack :michael-laugh:

    • furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      You can't just download things unrestricted. You can't block ads. The app selection is extremely restrictive, and there are very few free apps that are any good. You can't use any Bluetooth device other than audio devices and a few specific keyboards. (This means no open source home automation or ability to use a lot of tools.) You can't do anything that you would intuitively think is possible but is uncommon. (For instance, using your phone as a wifi dongle for a computer, or as a remote microphone, or as a webcam.) You can't use your phone as a wifi hotspot unless you pay your phone carrier extra to allow it.

      Any sort of app for controlling a device that isn't very new is extremely unlikely to work. Multitasking functionality is extremely limited. Literally the best it can do is download something in the background while you do something else. You can't record or screen phone calls. The notification system is very stripped down and limited. Automation is non-existent. (You can't setup your phone to do stuff like turn wifi or Bluetooth on and off to save battery when you go places.) Auto reply basically doesn't exist.