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Apple is working to make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android because of the EU
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this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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It's a direct quote from Tim Cook.
Say the sentence like a spoilt child whose just gotten in trouble and it makes more sense.
I quite enjoy my iPhone and have had one for many years. But this stubborn hostility and deliberately malicious compliance they have displayed with the DMA implementation has me really reconsidering that.
All I wanted was Firefox with ublock, and perhaps a good Gameboy emulator. But if apple is hellbent on not letting me have any of that in a sensible way I might seriously reconsider my next phone. Especially when there is a migration tool now.
This has been their business model since the 80s so I'm not really sure what you'd expect any change not forced by law.
I understand that, I’m just annoyed they are now required to change by law, but make it unnecessarily difficult. Like a spoiled child.
I am having Firefox with ublock and Libredirect on my Android and believe me, I can't be happier. Apple will never allow you anything like this.
Many of these extra features are only available in the USA, and quite a few features only work well in English.
Anyway, my previous phone (Galaxy S8) was perfectly smooth until the very end. Of course loading times for larger programs are shorter now on my Pixel 7 but in the end it barely makes a difference (I'm not playing any ressource-heavy games). Not sure what you're doing to get a modern Android to lag.
I agree that the extra apps aren't necessary, but it's good that there actually is some competition for Google and most of them can be uninstalled (or at least could be uninstalled on my S8). And they have some pretty good software, not everything is back (I really like their launcher and gallery). Bixby can also simply be disabled, and you can bind any action to the Bixby-button (Google assistant, opening an app, ...).
But where Pixels actually are better is when it comes to the camera (or rather camera software), their photos currently are the best ones (by phone cameras) on the market (yes, I'm including Apple here) (of course Apple and Samsung aren't far behind (at a much higher price), but it's incredibly impressive what the Pixel base and A models can do at a much lower price). Their photo editing AI (or rather their chip for it) also still is better than Samsung's.
I completely understand that features come in their native language first but even such long-standing features like call screening aren't available in any other language than English yet (also didn't know it even worked outside the USA)