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U know that especially pixel phones can be unlocked[0] for alternative roms without google? Alternatively you can debloat an android with a desktop thanks to a
by bebna 7y ago
U know that especially pixel phones can be unlocked[0] for alternative roms without google?
Alternatively you can debloat an android with a desktop thanks to adb, when you don't want to unlock and reset your phone for a new rom.
There are already enough open source alternatives to replace Google software from android phones. Even some who replace Google play services for the apps that need it, while only having minimal contact with Google servers.
Especially with your needs it is really easy to go Google free on the phone you already own. In any other place I would think you just don't know better, but here it just sounds like an excuse.
[0] https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to
- f6v 7y agoI guess some people want something that "just works".
- beojan 7y agoAn iPhone really doesn't "just work" if you're used to Android.
- neuronic 7y agoWhat? I moved from Android to iPhone during iPhone 7 and it didn't take more than 10mins to "get used to it". No, I can't ssh into my phone now, but whatever?
- hadlock 7y agoI've been struggling to use my wife's iPhone now for three years, it is like trying to read hieroglyphs. I wouldn't wish an iPhone upon any person, especially if they do fast app switching.
- nielsbot 7y agoIt's just a single swipe?
- hadlock 7y agoYou need to know that swipe gesture exists, and which direction to do it, since there's no buttons on the screen. There's no visual cues for new users.
- girvo 7y agoIt's quite literally as fast and exactly as many inputs as Android. They've copied each others strengths for so many years, that frankly I can't understand opinions like yours, as much as I'd like to
- close04 7y agoAdmittedly on (some?) Android phones switching between the last 2 used apps is a double tap of the Overview button. Marginally faster than either of the 2 methods used on iPhones (Touch/FaceID). This being said I'm sure OP's statements are just gross exaggerations based on their personal (dis)preference. Even if continuously switching between apps was their day job the difference is so small it's irrelevant. And anyone who's able to operate one of the phones is perfectly able to operate the other.
- girvo 7y agoAs someone who used android from the release of the Xperia X10 up until ICS and then intermittently from then on, that’s nowhere near as true as you have confidently stated. They’re more similar than they are different.
- battery_cowboy 7y agoI trust Apple more than I trust some ROM maker not to install telemetry or something more sinister, honestly. Might be misplaced, but I can more easily trust Apple has a financial incentive, if nothing else, to not to bad shit, whereas the unknown 3rd party could be a cool person who is doing it for fun, or they could be a state-sponsored hacker trying to get as much malware on the devices of technologists as possible.
- rorykoehler 7y agoI use both on a daily basis and I'm struggling to understand what you mean?
- pzmarzly 7y agoI lived without Google Play Services on Android for 3 years before moving to iOS, and while it was a decent experience when all you need is a tiny computer (web browsing, videos via VLC and NewPipe), it lacked what one would expect of smartphone (no location services augmenting GPS, no mobile banking, most chat apps were broken in some way) and even „dumb” phones (the custom ROM I used had a bug where it often wouldn’t let me hear anything in an incoming call, probably something with VoLTE, but I don’t recall whether I ever fixed it). The iPhone is a complete opposite - multimedia and web browsing sucks, but GPS, permission model and Apple Pay are executed nicely.
- battery_cowboy 7y ago> multimedia and web browsing sucks, but GPS, permission model and Apple Pay are executed nicely Just what I wanted.