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Which kinds of restrictions have you run into, in the Apple ecosystem? I'm asking because I've only ever owned one Apple products (an iPad Air 2 that was gifte
by KozmoNau7 9y ago
Which kinds of restrictions have you run into, in the Apple ecosystem?
I'm asking because I've only ever owned one Apple products (an iPad Air 2 that was gifted to me) for a short while, and I chalked up all the limitations to simply being due to being a tablet, and not an full-featured computer.
- wvenable 9y agoIf I had only Apple products, my Amazon Echo would be useless (no app in the store in my country to activate it -- I sideloaded it on Android). I run Firefox as my primary browser on my Android tablet, on my iPhone it's Safari only. I run a few different mail clients on my Android phone, on iPhone you have one default mail client. Etc.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoThe Echo thing is an Amazon problem, I think. And I was under the impression that there were several third party email apps for iOS?
- wvenable 9y agoThe echo thing is that Amazon makes it US-only and Apple happily obliges and hides the app from me. There isn't a lot that is more anti-consumer than that. I downloaded the Android APK and sideloaded it on my Android device. Sure, the echo doesn't support Canadian addresses (although it does have Canadian content) it otherwise works fine.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoAgain, that's an Amazon issue. Apple doesn't region restrict apps, the app developer does that when they add it to the App Store.
- wvenable 9y agoThe Apple issue is that you have no alternative. The app is similarly region restricted on the Google Play Store. If there was a Windows version, it would be similarly restricted on the Windows store. But only on iOS do I have no alternative to getting it. I'm happily running the app on my Android device despite it being region restricted. Sweet sweet freedom.