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You can on Android, why do you need the iPhone?
by worksonmine 2y ago
You can on Android, why do you need the iPhone?
- troad 2y agoNot OP, but as someone who hates ads and values privacy, switching to a phone built by the world's largest data broker / advertising agency seems like a bit of wrong turn. iOS has many - many! - issues, but it is a more privacy-respecting platform than Android is. I'm not saying this to knock Android; I would dearly love it if Google weren't such a data hoover. I'd switch over and never look back.
- worksonmine 2y agoHow about a Pixel with GrapheneOS then? Or even a Linux phone if you can live without some apps? There are options and compromises.
- adamomada 2y agoI thought about it but it’s not really an option if you need certain apps / push notifications. If the options are Android without google play services vs iPhone, the realistic option is iPhone.
- worksonmine 2y agoGrapheneOS has a neat feature called profiles, so you can have a profile with play services when needed but your main one can be de-googled. Push notifications and apps are cancer anyways, try to live without them.
- troad 2y agoYou're not wrong, but try and tell my bank they should release banking apps for those systems.
- tpush 2y agoWhy would Android be inherently less privacy-respecting? Just use it without a Google account or use GrapheneOS. Will be more secure than iOS, too.