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That's why I used the word compromise. I'm aware of the imperfect nature of my decision but I find it preferable to Android with custom roms. I say this as som
by echelon_musk 2y ago
That's why I used the word compromise. I'm aware of the imperfect nature of my decision but I find it preferable to Android with custom roms.
I say this as someone with roughly 10 years experience of using custom roms before giving it up.
- realusername 2y agoUsing an iPhone is exactly the same as a builtin Android rom, it's all powers to the manufacturer and you are just giving up on privacy and control on your phone. If you switch because you like the design better than the other one why not but otherwise I don't see much compromise here. I'm aware that the solutions with better privacy aren't exactly simple yeah.
- Yodel0914 2y agoI'm one of the few (it seems) that are with you. When I switched from an iPhone 3GS to Android, it seemed that the trade-off was between control and freedom. These days, the trade-off is between control + ok privacy and not-much-freedom + no privacy. I also ran custom ROMS for years. It got to be such a pain that I switch back to vanilla Android with throw-away google accounts, and now have come full circle and gone back to an iPhone. It's a similar story on the desktop - I can't abide where Windows has gone with ads and AI. I have run linux for years (and still do on servers), but need to use software that won't easily run on Linux. So, I have ended up with a MBP. Apple might be far from perfect, but for me at least, right now they're they best balance between not being actively user-hostile, and not taking a ton of effort to get working.