genuinely curious as to why people choose that brand, are alternatives really that bad?

As I see it:

  • you pay for the hardware and software, which is fine, but
  • if you want to upgrade the OS, you have to pay once again, but this doesn’t work if your hardware model stops being supported. Why pay for something with a limited life expectancy?
  • you cannot get rid of bloatware, only hide it
  • software is made specifically to be only compatible within their ecosystem. If you want to build up on existing software and hardware, you either stay in their system and keep paying them or start anew with a freer alternative.
  • I find it ridiculous they use fancy names to name even their support staff instead of just calling it support staff. Why make things complicated?
  • I don’t understand why they use pentalobe screws instead or regular ones (with a line or a cross section)

Feel free to correct me, I may be misguided.

  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    I’ve never bought an apple product in my life, but even my android phone drives me nuts at times…

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Android is definitely the lesser of two evils. I fucking hate SAF with a passion. A phone which doesn’t let me have a 20 digit passcode says letting my apps access my Download folder is insecure, and thus, not allowed?

      • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        ios has both custom numeric code and custom alphanumeric code options that allow the use of a possibly arbitrarily long numeric or alphanumeric code. idk how long it can be because i’ve never run into a character limit…

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Yes, iOS solves that one problem at a cost of 20 more. I have my few gripes with Android (seriously Google, what were you thinking with that 16 character limit?) but it’s certainly no content to iOS. iOS is fine at most simple day to day things but terrible at anything more advanced.

          • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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            4 months ago

            I’m not trying to convince you of anything, just correct some information readers might stumble across.

            Enjoy using android.

            • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
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              4 months ago

              Huh? You weren’t correcting any misinformation, just providing additional information. No one had said that iOS had a password length limit, just that Android does.

              • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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                4 months ago

                My mistake, I read

                Android is definitely the lesser of two evils. I fucking hate SAF with a passion. A phone which doesn’t let me have a 20 digit passcode says letting my apps access my Download folder is insecure, and thus, not allowed?

                As talking about ios lol.

                My assumption was that android would of course allow the user to let applications do stuff in downloads (maybe just like you) and I don’t know what SAF was.

                Til. Thanks!