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I can't put up with iOS, it feels like I'm using a crippled feature phone rather than a pocket computer.

BoorishBears 9y ago
Coming to Android from WebOS with Preware (where you could install an LDXE chroot in one click) felt the same way. But my tastes have changed over the years, now if I want a pocket computer I’ll just get a pocket computer. My phone needs to make phone calls and not annoy me. The same freedom that makes Android not an iOS clone can be (and is often) abused, and now Google is cracking down on said freedom try and save us all from apps abusing the features that let Android apps do amazing things (like background processing and hidden APIs). I’m an Android Developer but I use an iPhone because at the end of the day it does what it needs to and no app will ever be able to show ads on my lockscreen.
- amiga-workbench 9y ago
  I know what you mean, sadly users sometimes don't have the awareness to take care of themselves properly, and will be taken advantage of by malicious software. Even though I know Androids rather flexible API's and Intents system are all exploitable, I really appreciate the freedom they give me. While I find Apple's approach to functionality and UX condescending, there is a large swath of users who either want somebody else to take all the effort away from them, or need it. I guess its nice that both kinds of users have something to cater to their needs, but I wish the mobile OS space wasn't a duopoly.
  - BoorishBears 9y ago
    >sadly users sometimes don't have the awareness to take care of themselves properly, and will be taken advantage of by malicious software Or they have better things to do. One of the top 3 non-AD listings for a file manager on Android is an app that takes over your lockscreen, integrates performance killing, crash inducing “memory optimizes”, and (my favorite) takes over system wide touch events to implement a (vey easy to accidentally trigger) gesture to open a full screen menu that draws over all your current apps. On my PCs I’m able to stay safe and those aren’t nearly as locked down as either, but I have better things to do than start figuring out which apps I’m downloading from a walled garden are malware... that kind of defeats the purpose of a walled garden.

Coming to Android from WebOS with Preware (where you could install an LDXE chroot in one click) felt the same way. But my tastes have changed over the years, now if I want a pocket computer I’ll just get a pocket computer. My phone needs to make phone calls and not annoy me. The same freedom that makes Android not an iOS clone can be (and is often) abused, and now Google is cracking down on said freedom try and save us all from apps abusing the features that let Android apps do amazing things (like background processing and hidden APIs). I’m an Android Developer but I use an iPhone because at the end of the day it does what it needs to and no app will ever be able to show ads on my lockscreen.

amiga-workbench 9y ago
I know what you mean, sadly users sometimes don't have the awareness to take care of themselves properly, and will be taken advantage of by malicious software. Even though I know Androids rather flexible API's and Intents system are all exploitable, I really appreciate the freedom they give me. While I find Apple's approach to functionality and UX condescending, there is a large swath of users who either want somebody else to take all the effort away from them, or need it. I guess its nice that both kinds of users have something to cater to their needs, but I wish the mobile OS space wasn't a duopoly.
- BoorishBears 9y ago
  >sadly users sometimes don't have the awareness to take care of themselves properly, and will be taken advantage of by malicious software Or they have better things to do. One of the top 3 non-AD listings for a file manager on Android is an app that takes over your lockscreen, integrates performance killing, crash inducing “memory optimizes”, and (my favorite) takes over system wide touch events to implement a (vey easy to accidentally trigger) gesture to open a full screen menu that draws over all your current apps. On my PCs I’m able to stay safe and those aren’t nearly as locked down as either, but I have better things to do than start figuring out which apps I’m downloading from a walled garden are malware... that kind of defeats the purpose of a walled garden.