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Let's see up until recently they didn't have a dark mode. You can't switch owners of shared family purchases on an iPhone. You need to rebuy the apps under a n

Let's see up until recently they didn't have a dark mode. You can't switch owners of shared family purchases on an iPhone. You need to rebuy the apps under a new family owner after dissolving the previously family which is not easy or seamless. Plex picture uploads don't work in the background on Apple so you constantly have to take the screen to keep it active. Basically if you like having someone else make all your design decisions for you Apple is actually a great way to go. Defaults are generally sane, but if you run into something that they haven't sorted out yet, it's going to be painful and you won't be able to fix it. My wife and daughter love their iPhones. Apple generally curates their software well and there's a good chunk of great software only available on Apple. I was constantly fighting with mine to get it the way I wanted and in the end I have up and bought a Samsung Galaxy phone. I could do what I wanted almost immediately and have had no issues. I can't remember if Apple has the ability to add a swipe keyboard either. My wife is always jealous of mine.

lstamour 7y ago
iOS 13 shipping in a couple months (but available now in public beta) adds native swipe-to-type keyboard functionality. As a Microsoft app, the third-party Swype keyboard has been available for years. (Since iOS 7’s custom keyboards if I recall correctly...) The new iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 really brings iOS forward into the future, with downloads available in safari, native USB file management and more. You can even save video files now. I’d predict a rather blurry line between Macs and iOS within 5-10 years...
- austhrow743 7y ago
  Swype is dead. Swiftkey is the one Microsoft bought.
  - lstamour 7y ago
    Ah... good point. I merged the two mentally, thanks for the reminder :)
- taylorfinley 7y ago
  "Native swipe-to-type keyboard functionality [...] downloads available in safari, native USB file management [...] You can even save video files now." As someone who hasn't used iOS in years I couldn't immediately tell if you were being sincere or 'damning with faint praise,' ironically pointing out how crippled iOS has been.
  - lstamour 7y ago
    I will say that like copy and paste it has taken forever for iOS to catch up in key areas, but... this is not faint praise: they’re nailing it. Every implementation done to “catch up” to Android has been very well executed and superior in many respects. If there’s a downside to the Apple delayed-until-ready approach, it’s that apps need to be redesigned every two years to keep up with the pace of change. On Android the cycle of redesign is slower, maybe 3-5 years.
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  It's really funny how many of the things I disliked are being fixed now. There are definitely advantages to the right person using iOS. I really enjoyed their MacBooks for a while, and the iPhone wasn't garbage, I'm just not the target audience because my use cases didn't match up with what they were providing. I'm really not sold on Safari bedding a good browser though. It was universally a bad experience every time I used it. I probably installed one of the Swype style keyboards for myself, just was something I disliked and mentioned and I'm surprised Apple hasn't built naively yet. I really want to like Apple. I'd love to simplify my life. My wife refuses to get a MacBook because there's no touchscreen and I really can't justify the expense of an iPad with the cost for value.
jamesrom 7y ago
iOS has had inverted mode for as long as I can remember. I think since iPhone OS 1.0 Grayscale mode came in iOS 8, Night Shift in iOS 9. iOS 10 added a red screen filter. iOS 11 added Smart Invert. Android didn't get Dark Mode until last year. To imply Apple has been behind in this area is very misleading.
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  Android may not have had a system wide dark mode but I could change the launcher to one that had one literally in Jellybean or earlier. Inverted mode is not dark mode I tried it. Even at the lowest possible brightness with nightshift on iOS was still too bright for my eyes at night. Either way my switch happened before dark mode was implemented and I admitted as such. It's also a preference so I'm not sure what exactly you're defending here.
nneonneo 7y ago
If you're doing big uploads, I would probably just set the screen lock to "never" and stick it on a charger. I've done that before with a long-running Pythonista script and it works great. Sorry to hear about the family purchase stuff. How does family purchasing work on Google? Is it easy to switch owners there?
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  Can't test family purchases on Google as my wife is still in her iPhone as is my daughter and they are both very happy with their phones as they got the type of people who like decisions made for them. Also same issue with the screen lock though it's not just the lock but having to keep the app open in the foreground, which is a boon for battery life just sucks uploading 1k pictures. It's definitely an idea to check but her security practices are already poor and I don't want to encourage further erosion.
austhrow743 7y ago
I've been using Swiftkey (swipe keyboard) on iPhone for years. No need for your wife to be jealous.

lstamour 7y ago

iOS 13 shipping in a couple months (but available now in public beta) adds native swipe-to-type keyboard functionality. As a Microsoft app, the third-party Swype keyboard has been available for years. (Since iOS 7’s custom keyboards if I recall correctly...) The new iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 really brings iOS forward into the future, with downloads available in safari, native USB file management and more. You can even save video files now. I’d predict a rather blurry line between Macs and iOS within 5-10 years...

austhrow743 7y ago
Swype is dead. Swiftkey is the one Microsoft bought.
- lstamour 7y ago
  Ah... good point. I merged the two mentally, thanks for the reminder :)
taylorfinley 7y ago
"Native swipe-to-type keyboard functionality [...] downloads available in safari, native USB file management [...] You can even save video files now." As someone who hasn't used iOS in years I couldn't immediately tell if you were being sincere or 'damning with faint praise,' ironically pointing out how crippled iOS has been.
- lstamour 7y ago
  I will say that like copy and paste it has taken forever for iOS to catch up in key areas, but... this is not faint praise: they’re nailing it. Every implementation done to “catch up” to Android has been very well executed and superior in many respects. If there’s a downside to the Apple delayed-until-ready approach, it’s that apps need to be redesigned every two years to keep up with the pace of change. On Android the cycle of redesign is slower, maybe 3-5 years.
cannonedhamster 7y ago
It's really funny how many of the things I disliked are being fixed now. There are definitely advantages to the right person using iOS. I really enjoyed their MacBooks for a while, and the iPhone wasn't garbage, I'm just not the target audience because my use cases didn't match up with what they were providing. I'm really not sold on Safari bedding a good browser though. It was universally a bad experience every time I used it. I probably installed one of the Swype style keyboards for myself, just was something I disliked and mentioned and I'm surprised Apple hasn't built naively yet. I really want to like Apple. I'd love to simplify my life. My wife refuses to get a MacBook because there's no touchscreen and I really can't justify the expense of an iPad with the cost for value.

jamesrom 7y ago

iOS has had inverted mode for as long as I can remember. I think since iPhone OS 1.0 Grayscale mode came in iOS 8, Night Shift in iOS 9. iOS 10 added a red screen filter. iOS 11 added Smart Invert. Android didn't get Dark Mode until last year. To imply Apple has been behind in this area is very misleading.

cannonedhamster 7y ago
Android may not have had a system wide dark mode but I could change the launcher to one that had one literally in Jellybean or earlier. Inverted mode is not dark mode I tried it. Even at the lowest possible brightness with nightshift on iOS was still too bright for my eyes at night. Either way my switch happened before dark mode was implemented and I admitted as such. It's also a preference so I'm not sure what exactly you're defending here.

nneonneo 7y ago

If you're doing big uploads, I would probably just set the screen lock to "never" and stick it on a charger. I've done that before with a long-running Pythonista script and it works great. Sorry to hear about the family purchase stuff. How does family purchasing work on Google? Is it easy to switch owners there?

cannonedhamster 7y ago
Can't test family purchases on Google as my wife is still in her iPhone as is my daughter and they are both very happy with their phones as they got the type of people who like decisions made for them. Also same issue with the screen lock though it's not just the lock but having to keep the app open in the foreground, which is a boon for battery life just sucks uploading 1k pictures. It's definitely an idea to check but her security practices are already poor and I don't want to encourage further erosion.

austhrow743 7y ago

I've been using Swiftkey (swipe keyboard) on iPhone for years. No need for your wife to be jealous.