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Apple is working to make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android because of the EU (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am sure they meant "thanks to"?

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hellbent on not letting me have any of that

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand that, I’m just annoyed they are now required to change by law, but make it unnecessarily difficult. Like a spoiled child.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah "because of..." sounds like the eu are the bad guys, but they are the good ones in this case.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Amazing work by the EU.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So... it's a win for everyone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it will be when they also make it easy to switch the other way.

Right now it sounds like they're just in the malicious compliance phase, they make you burn bridges when you switch to Android so you can't get back.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

🇪🇺

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And now I wanna be in the EU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A fucking cheap 100 bucks Chinese phone can do better than shitphone.. can't understand why people still buy these expensive calculators nowadays.

Edit: I hate when big crops decide what I can do with a device I bought and what I can't. If I pay for something it's supposed I can do whatever I want/can with it. They are getting my money as exchange.

The good thing it's I can avoid buying their shitty ass products.. my money my choice..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good.