The era of Apple slowly opening up its platforms and devices without government intervention has ended.
  • Chahk
    2•4 months ago

    Apple would rather maintain a completely different version of its operating systems for Europe…

    Next time some apple fanboi tells me how Android is fragmented I’m gonna laugh in their face.

    • haui
      1•4 months ago

      Two reasons I use my legacy iphone:

      • I‘m not convinced yet a linux phone works as a daily driver (not using android ever)
      • The price for trying is too high (350 bucks for pinephone is too much atm)
      • @shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        Why not use Android when things like lineage OS and graphene exist? The way I see it from least private to most private would be standard Android then Apple then Android running like lineage OS or graphene with no Google apps.

        • haui
          1•4 months ago

          I might need to be more specific here: Not using stock android ever.

          But buying a (used) android phone just to be able to root it vs buying some half finished linux phone doesnt feel too great either. Thats why I havent made the jump. The switching cost (time, money, energy) is just too high.

          I was thinking about pinephone but the reports so far are meh, librem 5 seems incredibly expensive, fairphone - somewhat more decent but also pretty expensive atm.

          I feel like there needs to be more of a community for this to discuss and share experiences so people can feel confident switching, myself included.

          • @shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
            3•4 months ago

            Fair enough. LineageOS or GrapheneOS with no GApps is the only way I have used Android for the past ~5 years and it works really well. I will not buy a device at all until I can put either Lineage or Graphene on it and I only boot into stock android long enough to enable USB debugging and OEM unlocking which are needed for flashing. After that I flash the device and then set it up fully.

            • haui
              1•4 months ago

              Totally makes sense to me. We‘re at the very beginning of this whole thing I believe and there are insane opportunities in the future. As an admin and hobby dev I feel like I might be able to but I need a little more community/time so I dont start the next 100 hr project.