I trust China more than this current administration…What are they gonna do? Drone strike me? Oh, wait, that’s the US.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 days ago
I find it very strange how many people in the comments here think the solution is to buy an iPhone. Maybe you are all just rich and can afford to spend $1000+ based on vibes, but considering the Android market still has a massive value advantage I’m not really sure what the point of switching is. This all feels very similar to how some Westerners decided Chinese tech and even the Chinese government were suddenly problem-free just because Americans elected Trump for a second time.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If you are American, you should buy Chinese tech because the Chinese government is more interested in spying on and controlling its own people than you.
If you are Chinese, you should buy American tech because the American government is more interested in spying on and controlling its own people than you.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Seems like I’m fucked. Being Chinese-American means the US government is constantly suspicious of me being a “CCP Spy” and also the CCP has overseas illegal “police stations”, I’m getting fucked over by both sides. Just perfect
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Im sure the us uses its tech dominance to sway political opinions one way or another in my country (brazil). And spying on people is a requirement for that. It seems like an attitude in line with the history of the relations between us and brazil (and countless other countries). China probably tries that too, although i dont have a strong historical evidence for that disposition from china.
nekbardrun@lemmy.world 4 days ago
not disagreeing in any way, but just sharing reputable sources on that statement before anyone says it is a “conspiracy”:
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33398388
aljazeera.com/…/us-spied-on-brazilian-president-a…
Also, given that we are almost 10 years afte this article, I’m pretty sure any sane person (by that I mean someone who is not bolsonarist) can see where the (predictive) article agrees or disagrees with reality (past brazilian news and even memory of events):
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 days ago
What if I travel to both countries? I am thinking xiaomi w/ custom ROM?
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Get a Samsung to use in China and a Xiaomi to use in America.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Can you still unlock the bootloader on Xiaomis? It was always a pain, but I’ve read they have completely locked them down now?
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
You trust China more? The State-Capitalist Authoritarian regime? They country that developed the spyware known as Wechat, which is currently monitoring most of the overseas Chinese Diaspora? LMFAO. Spoken like a westerner who never stepped foot on mainland China.
Why are people always being campist lol. Just because you think “your side” is is bad, doesn’t mean you should just blindly support the “other side”.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It’s about picking noncooperative jurisdictions.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
The upgrade cycle on iphones is longer than that on android. $1200 flagship samsung phone turns to shit after 2 years. $1100 iphone keeps chugging for 4-5. The android rot is real. Apple is far from perfect but the phones last way longer on average and end up having a lower cost overtime. That is if youre not buying bottom of the barrel budget phones to compare against.
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 4 days ago
All of my old phones work fine as the last time they were updated. My 10 year old Sony xperia z3c would be fine except for security updates and it’s only 3g, and the storage on it is quite measly. I still use it everyday for playing music, though.
Most of the speed issues are google bloat. Play services are absolute hogs, and anything that needs them will not work on this phone, but everything that doesn’t is perfectly fine. So I’m basically stuck with f-droid apps. Which is fine, because it’s a glorified iPod at this point
H0neyc0mb@lemmy.world 4 days ago
…Used or refurbished iPhones are relatively cheap and better for the planet.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Relative to what? Better for the planet than what? I’m not really sure what your point is here, you seem to be implying that a secondhand market for Android phones doesn’t exist (note: it does, and Android phones are still much better value secondhand because they lose value so quickly relative to iPhones).
benjaminb@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Can you even (easily) install custom apps on iOS? The last thing I remember is it being a huge pain in the butt…
Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 days ago
If you’re in the EU there is now at least one alternative app store. iOS hasn’t opened up anywhere else in the world AFAIK, so it’s still a pain for everyone else. You used to be able to use the AltStore without jailbreaking iOS (maybe you still can), but the process was annoying and didn’t feel particularly secure as you had to provide your Apple account details.
exu@feditown.com 4 days ago
Apple just recently made it impossible to install one torrent client from the Alt-store. They’re not any better than what Google is planning.