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On the other hand, Apples lack of support for standards is hurting their users. Metal instead of Vulkan, USB Micro/C vs. Lightning. No Miracast support. Most TV

by emsy 10y ago

On the other hand, Apples lack of support for standards is hurting their users. Metal instead of Vulkan, USB Micro/C vs. Lightning. No Miracast support. Most TV software has built in support for Android (simply show videos and photos on your TV). Better integration into the system. My router supports landline calls via smartphone, but iOS doesn't allow integration into the dialer. Copying non-iTunes music to your iPhone is still a PITA. If you don't live in an exclusively Apple environment, your experience will suck. Honestly, Google and the bad update support is the only reason I won't switch to Android. Definitely not the day-to-day user experience.

valuearb 10y ago
Airplay was created because Miracast had sucked for years and still does. Apple always creates proprietary enhancements to make technologies work well in real use for real customers, like they did with Airplay/FaceTime, etc. And iOS 10 supports custom VOIP in the dialer.
- emsy 10y ago
  It's not so much about the individual points anyway, but about the mentality in general. I came up with these examples off the top of my head. First of all, that Apple is the only one providing usable real-world solutions is simply not true. Secondly, it still doesn't invalidate my point. Even if Android works badly with third party products, Apple is often absolutely incompatible. Disclaimer: I'm an iPhone user, mainly for security/privacy reasons.
Razengan 10y ago
> Apples lack of support for standards is hurting their users. Metal instead of Vulkan No. As a user, Metal gave me games with better graphics than OpenGL would have — I don't know about Vulcan being viable at the time, or now, but I don't think it would be as efficient for Apple-specific hardware than Apple's own API. > No Miracast support. Irrelevant; I have AppleTV and AirPlay. Does Miracast allow, say games, to present their UI on the iPhone/iPad while showing the action on the TV, as two distinct displays?
- emsy 10y ago
  Your answer is irrelevant because you're avoiding my point: No one lives in an exclusively Apple environment.

by emsy 10y ago

valuearb 10y ago

Airplay was created because Miracast had sucked for years and still does. Apple always creates proprietary enhancements to make technologies work well in real use for real customers, like they did with Airplay/FaceTime, etc. And iOS 10 supports custom VOIP in the dialer.

emsy 10y ago
It's not so much about the individual points anyway, but about the mentality in general. I came up with these examples off the top of my head. First of all, that Apple is the only one providing usable real-world solutions is simply not true. Secondly, it still doesn't invalidate my point. Even if Android works badly with third party products, Apple is often absolutely incompatible. Disclaimer: I'm an iPhone user, mainly for security/privacy reasons.

Razengan 10y ago

> Apples lack of support for standards is hurting their users. Metal instead of Vulkan No. As a user, Metal gave me games with better graphics than OpenGL would have — I don't know about Vulcan being viable at the time, or now, but I don't think it would be as efficient for Apple-specific hardware than Apple's own API. > No Miracast support. Irrelevant; I have AppleTV and AirPlay. Does Miracast allow, say games, to present their UI on the iPhone/iPad while showing the action on the TV, as two distinct displays?

emsy 10y ago
Your answer is irrelevant because you're avoiding my point: No one lives in an exclusively Apple environment.