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Couldn't agree more with the takeaways. Especially #3 - and it is exacerbated if you are a finicky person who wants everything exactly the way you want it + lov

Couldn't agree more with the takeaways. Especially #3 - and it is exacerbated if you are a finicky person who wants everything exactly the way you want it + loves to customize and tinker. Linux basically keeps me hooked by virtue of catering to those needs even though I have to deal with these Linux evenings (which are thankfully getting rarer over time). In time too because my tolerance is depleting as I age and have decreasing bandwidth to deal with all that. Also the reason I always dual boot with Windows. I also have a somewhat interesting usecase that doesn't let me switch to Mac (not that I am keen to). If I buy a Mac, I will have to switch my phone to iPhone too because integration with Android isn't nearly as good. However I _must_ have a dual sim phone (which is fairly easy with Android) and there aren't any dual sim models of iPhone.

vladvasiliu 4y ago
> and there aren't any dual sim models of iPhone. Aren't phones with an eSIM + regular SIM effectively dual-SIM? I'm pretty sure iphones have those.
- muststopmyths 4y ago
  Yep, my SE2020 is like that, and was sold in the US
- robin_reala 4y ago
  There’re also real dual-SIM iPhones, but they’re market restricted (typically to China). Docs for SIM + eSIM: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph9c5776d3c/ios https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph9c5776d3c/io... Docs for dual physical SIM: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209086 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209086
  - nneonneo 4y ago
    I used to have a dual physical SIM iPhone X from China! However, when I sent it in to get (warranty) a local Apple repair shop screwed up and replaced it with a North American model. After much gnashing of teeth with Apple Support, I wound up with a new iPhone 12…but no dual physical SIM. Now my phone is still confused after restoring from backup and cannot see the eSIM. I’ve been filing feedbacks and radars to no avail. If I was on Android I’d have just rooted it and deleted the offending (mis)configuration file already!
    - drbawb 4y ago
      Not sure if this would help, but I recently learned about a product called iMazing[1] that lets you browse and edit iTunes backups. You can't access the whole filesystem of a running iDevice with it, but you can access the whole filesystem of the backup. So I suspect it might be possible for you to clean-up the backup offline & then restore it. (At a minimum it should enable you to extract the valuable contents out of the backup and manually restore it on top of a clean iOS install.) I've used it with some success to extract info from the photos database. I just wish they had a consumer-facing (read: more affordable/perpetually licensed) version of their CLI tool. [1]: https://imazing.com/ https://imazing.com/
- noisy_boy 4y ago
  I cannot recall the specifics but I remember that there were some issues with eSIMs for certain use cases (possible that those were teething troubles that have been resolved). Also, I like the flexibility of using the physical SIM because I can easily use them with both smart and feature phones without issues.
torben-friis 4y ago
What kind of android integration do you require, out of curiosity? I use iPhone + Mac, but I don’t remember any hiccups when it was android + Mac. Most of my interaction between the devices is pretty indirect anyway (photos are shared through google cloud, etc).
- noisy_boy 4y ago
  The main one I have is Syncthing[0]. I have a fairly involved file sync setup across several Android and Linux devices and it works beautifully; I like that I can use the space available on my devices instead of having to depend on/pay money for cloud (I know that it is not much for most of us). However, to best of my knowledge, Syncthing doesn't run on iPhone (it is possible that jailbreaking etc can make that work but that is a whole different area). [0]: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
  - danobi 4y ago
    I use stock ios and mobius sync works pretty well. No issues so far over 1y+ of use.
    - noisy_boy 4y ago
      Thanks - I'll check it out.

vladvasiliu 4y ago

> and there aren't any dual sim models of iPhone. Aren't phones with an eSIM + regular SIM effectively dual-SIM? I'm pretty sure iphones have those.

muststopmyths 4y ago
Yep, my SE2020 is like that, and was sold in the US
robin_reala 4y ago
There’re also real dual-SIM iPhones, but they’re market restricted (typically to China). Docs for SIM + eSIM: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph9c5776d3c/ios https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph9c5776d3c/io... Docs for dual physical SIM: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209086 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209086
- nneonneo 4y ago
  I used to have a dual physical SIM iPhone X from China! However, when I sent it in to get (warranty) a local Apple repair shop screwed up and replaced it with a North American model. After much gnashing of teeth with Apple Support, I wound up with a new iPhone 12…but no dual physical SIM. Now my phone is still confused after restoring from backup and cannot see the eSIM. I’ve been filing feedbacks and radars to no avail. If I was on Android I’d have just rooted it and deleted the offending (mis)configuration file already!
  - drbawb 4y ago
    Not sure if this would help, but I recently learned about a product called iMazing[1] that lets you browse and edit iTunes backups. You can't access the whole filesystem of a running iDevice with it, but you can access the whole filesystem of the backup. So I suspect it might be possible for you to clean-up the backup offline & then restore it. (At a minimum it should enable you to extract the valuable contents out of the backup and manually restore it on top of a clean iOS install.) I've used it with some success to extract info from the photos database. I just wish they had a consumer-facing (read: more affordable/perpetually licensed) version of their CLI tool. [1]: https://imazing.com/ https://imazing.com/
noisy_boy 4y ago
I cannot recall the specifics but I remember that there were some issues with eSIMs for certain use cases (possible that those were teething troubles that have been resolved). Also, I like the flexibility of using the physical SIM because I can easily use them with both smart and feature phones without issues.

torben-friis 4y ago

What kind of android integration do you require, out of curiosity? I use iPhone + Mac, but I don’t remember any hiccups when it was android + Mac. Most of my interaction between the devices is pretty indirect anyway (photos are shared through google cloud, etc).

noisy_boy 4y ago
The main one I have is Syncthing[0]. I have a fairly involved file sync setup across several Android and Linux devices and it works beautifully; I like that I can use the space available on my devices instead of having to depend on/pay money for cloud (I know that it is not much for most of us). However, to best of my knowledge, Syncthing doesn't run on iPhone (it is possible that jailbreaking etc can make that work but that is a whole different area). [0]: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/
- danobi 4y ago
  I use stock ios and mobius sync works pretty well. No issues so far over 1y+ of use.
  - noisy_boy 4y ago
    Thanks - I'll check it out.