Yeah that’s what I’m thinking too. Android’s only advantage over the Apple ecosystem is being able to install apps. If that goes away there’s no reason for me to stay.
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MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Android ecosystem has been feeling more like an invasive chaotic advertisement machine the past few years. The play store is a cesspool, the weather app switch was poorly executed, Google Podcasts went to the graveyard, and Google pay getting shut down meant I had to switch because to vomits Venmo.
I still have Android gaming handhelds, but why wouldn’t I just get an iPhone the next time I go to replace my phone? I can’t believe I’m even saying that after being so die hard Android so for years.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They also managed to remove a feature from the fucking clock app. It’s not much, but seriously, it’s like a headless chicken running toward a cliff from the business end.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Google pay being shut down is news to me. I still pay contactless with Google pay and also for paying on websites…
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
www.androidcentral.com/…/google-wallet
They migrated people over to the wallet. What was shut down was the app called “Google Pay”
MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, sorry I should have clarified. The biggest loss was the person-to-person payments are now gone. I never understood why they had multiple apps that did the same thing. I seem to also remember a time where there was a Google pay and gpay app that lived side by side.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 weeks ago
Google pay is being shut down?
Seems like Curve pay could be an alternative
jpeps@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Google Pay is different in America, right? To me it’s just contactless.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 weeks ago
uh, not sure, I’m in Europe as well
I was thinking about NFC payments, yea
MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sorry I should have clarified. Google pay moved the payment features to Google wallet, but the biggest loss was the person-to-person payments are now gone. I never understood why they had multiple apps that did the same thing. I seem to also remember a time where there was a Google pay and gpay app that lived side by side, so there were a total of three apps when there should have been one.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 weeks ago
oh, I didn’t know this
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Jumping from the frying pan straight into the fire.
brendansimms@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly this. Just left iOS and got a pixel8a and flashed grapheneos on it. Apple is doing the same shit. GOS might be a pain in the ass sometimes but I feel much better knowing that Tim Apple isn’t reading my texts and monitoring my bank apps so they can target me with ads.
doxxx@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That’s some Grade A crack you’re smoking there, my dude.
MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can’t do Graphene because of work. I am an IT manager, and one of our guys did graphene and had a host of issues with the work apps. I really can’t risk any issues.
fodor@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You are talking about your work phone, not your personal phone, right? … Right?
sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the unfortunate hell I am in too. I’m debating an iPhone and I fucking hate Apple with a passion.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I have GrapheneOS for work, everything works fine. The only app that I had trouble with was the Westjet app, it needs a certain capatibily setting turned on and basically wants full access to the phone. Ironically the banking app was fine LOL
MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sure we all have a different perception, but my current view is that Google sells you a phone that they need to push ads and harvest vast amounts of data from you in order to make money on the phone, and Apple somehow needs to do this less.
Which company do you feel takes privacy more seriously? From what I understand, Google primarily makes their money from advertising.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’ve never owned an iPhone, but I 100% agree with you. The reason I choose android is because of the freedom to use my phone how i want (for the most part).
Apple is a walled garden, but their security is good, they’re not an advertising company in the same way google is and don’t have as much of an incentive to harvest and sell your data. If android is going to be a walled garden like iOS, I trust apple more than i do google and If in the future I can’t find a phone that has all the features i want anyway, then i may as well just get an iPhone.
MSids@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Agreed across all points. Android’s advantages after the changes go through with side loading will be choice of manufacturer and the still-deeply-flawed-but-far-superior implementation of a work profile in Android. I love being able to press one button and have all of my containerized work apps shut off. It is also quite nice that a remote wipe from M365 could be limited to the work app container rather than the entire phone.