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Over the years I've considered switching to Android a few times but Apple's really locking in as my preferred device from their privacy work. Not sure this mov

Over the years I've considered switching to Android a few times but Apple's really locking in as my preferred device from their privacy work. Not sure this moves the needle with consumers but it does for me.

jccooper 7y ago
The article is from Apple Insider, so I guess it's no surprise they don't mention it, but Android 10 has the same functionality, including reminders and per-app 3-way location tracking settings (always on, on with app open, off).
- merpnderp 7y ago
  Granted it's been quite some time, but one of the reasons I switched to iOS from Android was Facebook kept "accidentally" exploiting bugs in Android and Google never did anything about it. At the time Facebook wasn't even one of the apps you could delete from your phone. Hopefully Android is better now.
  - tialaramex 7y ago
    > one of the reasons I switched to iOS from Android was Facebook kept "accidentally" exploiting bugs in Android and Google never did anything about it. At the time Facebook wasn't even one of the apps you could delete from your phone. Hopefully Android is better now Um? What? None of my Android phones, going back a great many years, had Facebook. So sure, I couldn't delete it - because it wasn't there.
    - fierarul 7y ago
      My guess is you buy expensive/vanilla-OS Android phones. Lots of other Android phones have Facebook apps that can't be deleted.
      - Krasnol 7y ago
        The cheapest western Android phones like by Motorola, Nokia or Xiaomi (the around 150€ models) don't have this and you can uninstall everything that IS on there. Actually the expansive ones like Samsung are the really bloated ones.
        fierarul 7y ago
        Maybe I should have said non-mainstream ones. I never saw an Android One phone unless it was specifically bought for pure Android.
wvenable 7y ago
I get the same location-data popup on Android.
surround 7y ago
Apple’s restrictive iOS is what’s pushed me to use Android. Sure, out-of-the-box, iOS is better for privacy. But with the right adjustments, power users can make Android much better for privacy than iOS.

jccooper 7y ago

The article is from Apple Insider, so I guess it's no surprise they don't mention it, but Android 10 has the same functionality, including reminders and per-app 3-way location tracking settings (always on, on with app open, off).

merpnderp 7y ago
Granted it's been quite some time, but one of the reasons I switched to iOS from Android was Facebook kept "accidentally" exploiting bugs in Android and Google never did anything about it. At the time Facebook wasn't even one of the apps you could delete from your phone. Hopefully Android is better now.
- tialaramex 7y ago
  > one of the reasons I switched to iOS from Android was Facebook kept "accidentally" exploiting bugs in Android and Google never did anything about it. At the time Facebook wasn't even one of the apps you could delete from your phone. Hopefully Android is better now Um? What? None of my Android phones, going back a great many years, had Facebook. So sure, I couldn't delete it - because it wasn't there.
  - fierarul 7y ago
    My guess is you buy expensive/vanilla-OS Android phones. Lots of other Android phones have Facebook apps that can't be deleted.
    - Krasnol 7y ago
      The cheapest western Android phones like by Motorola, Nokia or Xiaomi (the around 150€ models) don't have this and you can uninstall everything that IS on there. Actually the expansive ones like Samsung are the really bloated ones.
      - fierarul 7y ago
        Maybe I should have said non-mainstream ones. I never saw an Android One phone unless it was specifically bought for pure Android.

wvenable 7y ago

I get the same location-data popup on Android.

surround 7y ago

Apple’s restrictive iOS is what’s pushed me to use Android. Sure, out-of-the-box, iOS is better for privacy. But with the right adjustments, power users can make Android much better for privacy than iOS.