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On Android you can side load whatever you want at any time including exclusively FOSS if you want, so no, you're not necessarily the product there. On Google's
by skeaker 3y ago
On Android you can side load whatever you want at any time including exclusively FOSS if you want, so no, you're not necessarily the product there. On Google's store specifically, sure
- yrnameer 3y agoYou have to load a custom ROM if you don't want to be tracked without your consent. You have a crumb more freedom on Android, that's all.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoYou can simply not sign into a Google account, and Android lets you turn off more tracking than iOS, which won't even let you get your location without telling Apple. No need to install a custom ROM.
- AlphaCharlie 3y agoAnd then you won’t have maps, Gmail, … On iOS you can have the above without giving them your location 24/7
- as1mov 3y agoFYI, Google maps works without you needing to sign in (iirc it doesn't even need Play services, so it works with de-googled custom ROMs). Though this is an exception rather than the norm.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoIf you want to use an inferior Gmail client similar to the iOS Mail app, you can simply access Gmail using a third party mail client on Android exactly the same way. The difference is you don't have to give your location to anybody on Android, while Apple makes you give them your location. You don't have to tell anybody that you installed an app on Android, while Apple knows every app you've installed and when you used each one.
- Double_a_92 3y agoThe problem is that you can't easily find nice apps that you even want to install. E.g. if you want to install a Sudoku game, good luck finding one that isn't filled with ads and popups. But the sad thing is that there are some, you just can't find them!
- xigoi 3y agoSimon Tatham's Puzzles include Sudoku.
- littlecranky67 3y agoTrue, but the topic was Appstore user experience. If you know what App you want it becomes hundred times easier.