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> orders of magnitude more demanding than selecting another operating system Having switched from Apple to Microsoft Phone to Android and back to Apple ... I d
by withinboredom 3y ago
> orders of magnitude more demanding than selecting another operating system
Having switched from Apple to Microsoft Phone to Android and back to Apple ... I disagree. In that time, I've moved states and even countries. Moving is far less demanding than switching operating systems. Moving is pretty simple: you pack, move, then unpack; and you even get to keep all your stuff! Switching operating systems requires researching for similar apps, purchasing them again, potentially copying music/photo libraries using sketchy tools, hunting down tutorials for how to do things you don't know how to do, etc.
- mrmanner 3y agoI don’t agree: Specifically if you live somewhere with only a single food store, there’s a decent likelihood that you’re either heavily invested in the area (farming, forestry, …) or that you can’t afford to live anywhere else. More generally, moving means leaving friends, forcing kids to change schools, and if moving far, learning new laws and customs. Not to mention that packing and moving all that stuff takes days and/or costs thousands of moneys. Extracting files from Google Drive and iCloud is a pain, but is it _that_ bad?
- withinboredom 3y ago> More generally, moving means leaving friends, forcing kids to change schools, and if moving far, learning new laws and customs. Moving the goalpost are we? Sure, if you keep moving it far enough, long enough, then yeah, you'll find a set of conditions where this is no longer true (such as having a family, friends, changing schools, etc). > Extracting files from Google Drive and iCloud is a pain, but is it _that_ bad? I take it you haven't done it. Put your money where your mouth is and just switch. It's that easy, right?
- bmicraft 3y agoIf you're moving far enough to have "access to other supermarkets" you by definition don't have access to the same school and friends anymore
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- mrmanner 3y ago> It's that easy, right? I've used... six mobile operating systems in the last ten years. Some learnings: 1. There are cross-platform alternatives for file storage. Consider using them for important things. 2. For work things and organized volunteerism you'll use the tools of the company/organization anyway. 3. Backups help when migrating. You need backups anyway, so make use of them. 4. Only migrate things you actually care about. Screenshots from last year or that draft email to the electrician who installed your fridge? Let them burn
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago[flagged]
- withinboredom 3y agoSprinting is def harder than running for 2 hours. I used to run 5-12 miles (8-19 km) in a single session, every week. I still got winded doing sprints.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agowell it's a good thing I didn't say sprinting then isn't it?
- filoleg 3y agoAgreed. I did the apple-android-apple switch multiple times. At worst, it took me a day of transferring data and making sure all works the way it is supposed to, and then a week or two getting used to the UIUX (because each switch had multiple years in-between). That's quite nothing. My move back from west coast to east coast of the US recently was way more demanding and taxing in every single way, even if we exclude monetary factors entirely. Moving countries would've been multiple magnitudes even more complex than that. Did that once almost 15 years ago, so I have a basic idea of how difficult it can get. It wasn't even that difficult at all compared to most cases. Doubly ridiculous to hear people trying to compare moving cities to switching between iOS and Android.