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> I started using Apple Reminders for all my todos. Read: I was forced to use apple reminders for all my TODOs because Apple Watch can only talk to Siri.

by jmole 2y ago

peterxjang 2y ago
Haha, true - this entire experiment works best if you fully commit to the Apple ecosystem, including apps. I know of Apple power users who use more powerful third party apps for TODOs, but still use Reminders for a portion of their TODOs just because it integrates best with Siri. It's definitely unfortunate that Siri isn't as powerful with third party apps, that's what led me to try and stick with Apple's default apps as much as possible. So far it's worked well for me, I'm not too opinionated when it comes to a TODO app, but it may be less than ideal for others.
- jmole 2y ago
  Reminders isn't great, but I've never really used a "great" TODO app. Until recently, I mostly used Apple's Notes app for TODOs, and find that it works better than Reminders for my use cases. My beef is not really with the app itself, but with the ecosystem lock-in and Apple's recent behavior in the EU, lack of true E2EE for iCloud, etc.. I've just started migrating to Standard Notes, and have been trying to reduce my dependency on Apple's apps.
Teever 2y ago
I'm hoping that the DoJ and EU ream Apple out for their forced bundling with the iPhone and the Apple watch/air tags as well as the mandatory integration of their cloud platform in all their devices. I'd love to see a world where a regulator forces them and microsoft to open up their icloud/onedrive implementations so that they're modular and an end user like me can swap it out for a private 3rd party solution or my ownself hosted solution like nextcloud. I should be able to store my notes however I want on the devices I own.
daydream 2y ago
Things has a nice watch app and it works well with Siri too. Granted the watch app isn’t as flexible as Reminders, but that may not matter for a given persons usage.

> I started using Apple Reminders for all my todos. Read: I was forced to use apple reminders for all my TODOs because Apple Watch can only talk to Siri.

by jmole 2y ago

> I started using Apple Reminders for all my todos. Read: I was forced to use apple reminders for all my TODOs because Apple Watch can only talk to Siri.

peterxjang 2y ago

Haha, true - this entire experiment works best if you fully commit to the Apple ecosystem, including apps. I know of Apple power users who use more powerful third party apps for TODOs, but still use Reminders for a portion of their TODOs just because it integrates best with Siri. It's definitely unfortunate that Siri isn't as powerful with third party apps, that's what led me to try and stick with Apple's default apps as much as possible. So far it's worked well for me, I'm not too opinionated when it comes to a TODO app, but it may be less than ideal for others.

jmole 2y ago
Reminders isn't great, but I've never really used a "great" TODO app. Until recently, I mostly used Apple's Notes app for TODOs, and find that it works better than Reminders for my use cases. My beef is not really with the app itself, but with the ecosystem lock-in and Apple's recent behavior in the EU, lack of true E2EE for iCloud, etc.. I've just started migrating to Standard Notes, and have been trying to reduce my dependency on Apple's apps.

Teever 2y ago

I'm hoping that the DoJ and EU ream Apple out for their forced bundling with the iPhone and the Apple watch/air tags as well as the mandatory integration of their cloud platform in all their devices. I'd love to see a world where a regulator forces them and microsoft to open up their icloud/onedrive implementations so that they're modular and an end user like me can swap it out for a private 3rd party solution or my ownself hosted solution like nextcloud. I should be able to store my notes however I want on the devices I own.

daydream 2y ago

Things has a nice watch app and it works well with Siri too. Granted the watch app isn’t as flexible as Reminders, but that may not matter for a given persons usage.