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I'm all over the place with pocket computing devices and remain confused. I once has an iphone. Beautifully crafted, both inside and out, but so frustratingly
by dm319 4y ago
I'm all over the place with pocket computing devices and remain confused. I once has an iphone. Beautifully crafted, both inside and out, but so frustratingly locked down that I was desperate to leave it behind. They have progressively opened up the platform, but it always lags behind (I remember I couldn't access the cloud storage from anything other than a mac).
My favourite devices have been more alternative. E90 running symbian, which was fairly 'open' for its time - I could install any software, proper multitasking. The N900 also, full linux system, great phone. But then the apps I find useful, are often not available for that platform.
At the moment I'm on Pixel, which has been a good balance between being well supported, while still fairly open. I can sideload apps, run a linux distro in the form of termux. As a bonus the camera is great. I have to remind myself that while it might not quite compare to iphones in terms of refinement and hardware, I do at least have more freedom on the platform, and it's easy to take that for granted until you lose it.
- vbezhenar 4y agoI’m in a similar position. I used iPhone for years but after they started to remove important apps from AppStore I decided to move to pixel. UX is terrible and unpolished. Hardware is just bad. But I can sideload and that’s more important.
- nvr219 4y agoWhat app did they remove that you used?
- generalpf 4y agoOh, you know the ones.
- vbezhenar 4y agoSome Russian apps that most people probably don't care about, but I do.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoFortnite is another good example, or a native build of Firefox with its own rendering engine, or video game emulators..
- nvr219 4y agoI thought firefox with its own engine never got in in the first place
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoSame. In the end I choose to die on the freedom hill, adjacent to the privacy hill. I wish there were more options.
- _def 4y agoPrivacy? https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-dsid-analytics-personal-data-test-1849807619 https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-dsid-analytics-pers...
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoI'm aware. They've been declining on that front. Without the privacy selling point they're the worst of both worlds. No privacy, security that falls behind Pixel phones, and no freedom.