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Geez, as much as i'd love to divorce myself from the Apple ecosystem I continually find reasons to keep my iPhone instead of opting for Android.

• emsy 10y ago
  I'm in the same boat. Due to Apple's most recent product decisions I'm losing confidence and I'm starting to look elsewhere. After reading up on the current state of Android and especially how to increase privacy and security, it seems I'll have to stick with Apple for a while longer.
  • eropple 10y ago
    I'm coming to the same conclusion. Despite being a happy Sony Xperia for years now, I think my next phone is an iPhone. Which kind of sucks, because I don't want to spend eight trillion dollars on a phone, but...
  • ashark 10y ago
    Yeah, I need a new phone (screen dying, probable battery swelling) and would like a newer macbook, but the latest Apple offerings (and prices) on both fronts drove me to look outside the bubble for the first time in a while. I can say the competition has gotten good enough that it's only obviously worse when you look a bit closer than a quick glance at owner sentiment and specs. That's the best I can say. And those are the handful of stand-out devices—the overwhelming bulk is still trash. So: Apple's stumbled really hard, but the competition's still basically a whole different product category, so I guess I'll just wait and see what things look like in 2017 :-/
  • Wonnk13 10y ago
    Slightly o/t; my 2008 macbook is on its last legs. Are ThinkPads still sending metrics back to Lenovo HQ? I simply can't justify buying the new macbooks.
    • c13k 10y ago
      The consumer grade Thinkpads did that for a short while, not anymore. If you buy yourself an X or T series new or even better refurbished, they will last for years and are serviceable yourself. Wonderful machines.