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The author as well as commenters in this thread are claiming that people choose Android over iOS or vice versa One could argue this is false dichotomy These p
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 6mo ago
The author as well as commenters in this thread are claiming that people choose Android over iOS or vice versa
One could argue this is false dichotomy
These people are actually choosing a particular form factor with particular specifications that, more or less, only runs corporate mobile OS^1 instead of form factors that run non-corporate OS
1. Or some derivative of one that relies on the corporate distributor and replicates the tethering to a third party, e.g., "phoning home" to the OS distributor, "automatic updates" (remote code execution), etc.
There are other form factors of computers that can run non-corporate OS, where "phone home" and RCE code does not exist or, if necessary, any undesired code can be easily removed by concerned users
In sum, one could argue that with respect to control, privacy, etc. (a) choosing to use one corporate mobile OS over another is not a meaningful "choice" when compared with (b) choosing to use a non-corporate, open source, "compilable by the user" OS instead of a "locked down" corporate mobile OS
This choice can be made on a case-by-case basis depending on what computing problem the user is trying solve. With respect to anyone who seeks to use their "phone" as a general purpose computer to solve every computing problem, one could argue the "choice" of one corporate mobile OS over another is not meaningful with respect to user control, privacy, etc.
Instead "tech journalists", "tech blogs" and online commenters prefer to argue over which is the "better" corporate mobile OS. The truth is, with respect to control, privacy, etc., they all suck
- Ethee 6mo agoRight on the nose. And to make that problem worse we've integrated a fair share of our lives into these devices, for which there is only 2 terrible choices. I can't tell you how many friends have expressed to me that they'd love to try GrapheneOS or get out of the mobile ecosystem entirely, but all of them use mobile apps for banking which effectively locks them in. It's basically the devil's bargain because we've added so much ease of use functionality to our day to day lives through these devices. In exchange Google is now showing us it was never ours to begin with.
- _carbyau_ 6mo agoI agree with your post however further info on one point: > but all of them use mobile apps for banking which effectively locks them in Many banking apps work fine with GOS. But given banking and money is such an important part of our lives it is easy to see why people might be hesitant. It doesn't guarantee future compatibility.... but linked below is a GOS [banking app] status list, crowdsourced info by country. https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/ https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 6mo agoIt's common today to own multiple computers. Not everyone uses a mobile phone for banking transactions. For those that do, nothing prevents them from using different computers for non-banking uses. Personally, I don't use banking apps and if I did I would not want one on the same computer that I use for non-commercial purposes, for example, reading HN stories