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These are very different scenarios though. iTunes wasn’t a secret. Apple didn’t bait you. It was well known you needed to use iTunes. On Android you have regu
by shortcake27 3y ago
These are very different scenarios though.
iTunes wasn’t a secret. Apple didn’t bait you. It was well known you needed to use iTunes.
On Android you have regular apps that turn into Malware. Samsung will sell you a phone/TV then introduce/increase the amount of ads/malware with a software update.
The problem isn’t that there are ads. The problem is that the ads are introduced after you’ve already purchased it. This doesn’t happen with Apple, and that’s something many people value more than being locked into a walled garden.
- ilyt 3y agoYeah but that's Samsung problem, not Android problem.
- justinclift 3y ago> iTunes wasn’t a secret. Apple didn’t bait you. It was well known you needed to use iTunes. Only if you were already in the Apple ecosystem. Many years ago a coworker was gifted one of the more basic iPods, which was his first experience with the Apple ecosystem. It didn't go terribly badly, but I do remember him not knowing about iTunes at the time.
- recursive 3y agoYes. If I had done some research I probably could have learned how terrible iTunes was in advance. I guess it was really my fault all along.
- theshrike79 3y agoThe difference here is that on Apple you can do the research figure out it's OK to use. On Android with pre-loaded software you can to the research up front, figure out everything is OK and BOOM a year later you're getting ads from a non-removable application.