Comment on Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence

• tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m not going to criticize the project, because it’s good. But, to me, using anything that gives Google an edge in controlling the direction of technology is bad. So, no Chromium products and no Android.

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  • sir_reginald@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I despise Google, and I agree with chromium, but when the only other alternative is using the proprietary walled garden that is iOS, I’ll take degoogled Android everyday.

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    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What can android do that you actually do that iOS cannot?

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      • sir_reginald@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For starters, you can degoogle Android, you can’t deapple iOS.

        You can replace the manufacturer android with a clean, free software and secure Android ROM, like GrapheneOS. iOS is a black box, fully proprietary and controlled by Apple.

        You can install apps from third parties on Android, like F-Droid. On iOS every app must be approved by Apple.

        You can’t use an iPhone without an Apple account, you can use Android without a Google account.

        Android has multiple profiles support, which comes handy for completely isolating apps from the rest of your phone.

        There’s much, much more. That’s just what came to my mind right now.

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For a regular user… basically nothing.

        I quit google products and services a decade ago, so I was “relegated” to iOS, which… does basically the same exact fucking thing but better in every way. It’s spendy though. I also like their privacy stance, which is “we cost a lot but we’re not selling all of your data to advertisers”

        I have not found a single thing I can’t do on iOS that I COULD on Android.

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