Comment on 'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• firepenny@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was you up until 3 months ago. I went nuclear and focused on the more open source side of android and have been so much happier for it. Sold everything to afford the changes.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s also cheaper consider the availability of different Android phones, I left pixel for OnePlus recently, because it decided then screen died after a small drop for pixel 5a, a phone with well known defects

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sorry but the only way out of that is to stop buying apple products

  I get the design choice, it looks nice, but the hardware is rather trashy and both hardware and software are hostile to it’s users. That won’t ever change

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They dumbed it down over the years

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• JandroDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ditch the homepod and don’t replace it with any other spyware, and replace the rest as needed.

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  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ditch the homepod and don’t replace it with any other spyware

    Family has gotten use to the HomePod being around, makes simple things like settings timers for cooking or other related task a bit easier.

    And yeah, I’m aware it’s spyware. I wanted a “smart-home” and essentially landed on Apple products.

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• zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The funny thing is I would have joined the ecosystem this year if that change made it out of eu

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  With android you can change the os if your into it, developer at least

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  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I was looking into Linux based mobile OS’s and I’ve come to the consensus that hardware selection is very limited.

    I was very interested in GrapheneOS but unfortunately it’s for Pixel phones only.

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    • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      dint notice that, i though OP12r could do it too.

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  • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some phones only. Or at least that is how it used to be when I had one not too long ago. The boot loader had the be unlocked and some apps like banks or Google pay refused to work at the time (or maybe it was if you had root enabled).

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