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No, I'm very annoyed by Google as their product quality keeps declining year after year and I do not have a real choice. In fact, I have no practical ability t
by mrtksn 5y ago
No, I'm very annoyed by Google as their product quality keeps declining year after year and I do not have a real choice.
In fact, I have no practical ability to change my e-mail address as I'm using it since 1st of April 2004 and Google does not offer me to keep the address if I want to switch to another provider.
My arguments are in defence of Apple, not Google. I can move away from Apple at any time but I can't do the same with Google.
- fsflover 5y ago> I can move away from Apple at any time For you it might be true but not for many Apple users who are deep into the Apple ecosystem.
- mrtksn 5y agoHow so? What Apple services are impossible or impractical to switch away from? Inconvenient? Could be. Note a drop-in replacement? Sure, that's why there are different companies.
- fsflover 5y agoiMessage, Apple Watch... iCloud?
- mrtksn 5y agoiMessage: WhatsApp, Signal, SMS etc. No One uses iMessage outside of the US, alternatives are very good and available on all platforms. You don't lose access to your social circle by switching away from iMessage. Apple Watch: Just another device that has numerous alternatives. Many excel in some way, not crappy alternatives. iCould: There are numerous alternatives, free and paid and work very well. So, if you like to get rid of Apple, you simply tell the people you care that they can reach you from WhatsApp or your favourite alternative. Buy the new device, follow the transfer data and setting instructions, erase your iPhone&watch, give them away or sell them and you are done.
- fsflover 5y agoSame things can be said about your email address at Google. I moved to an alternative within a year, manually, by changing all services one after another. It was hard but worth it.
- zepto 5y agoTrue - I did the same thing. But the you claim that people can’s move away from Apple is false. Why do you keep advancing it?
- fsflover 5y agoNothing is impossible. However everyone agrees that Apple created a walled garden which is hard to escape. Try to use their watches without an iPhone.
- zepto 5y ago> However everyone agrees that Apple created a walled garden which is hard to escape. An obviously false statement. > Try to use their watches without an iPhone. Their watches are an iPhone accessory advertised as requiring an iPhone in order to work. Anyone who buys one thinking otherwise has been misinformed by someone other than Apple, and can return it to the store for a full refund. Then they can buy one of many Android wear or other smartwatches instead.
- fsflover 5y ago>> However everyone agrees that Apple created a walled garden which is hard to escape. >An obviously false statement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.#Accusations_of_anti-competitive_behavior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.#Accusa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_platform#Aspects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_platform#Aspects > Their watches are an iPhone accessory advertised as requiring an iPhone in order to work. Not in their video ads. Also, at https://www.apple.com/watch/ https://www.apple.com/watch/ it's buried at the end of the tiny font.