• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Dude, I love Apple hardware for phones but their locked in ecosystem and to an extent the OS is so fucking annoying.

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      5 months ago

      My dream is the (earlier pre 2020s) openness of Android combined with the cohesion and design of Apple.

      Android truly is a magnificent clusterfuck like Windows but I still prefer that over someone like Apple defining where I can go and where not.
      For Android what is my main draw is that I can fuck around in the filesystem with apps like mixplorer and sideload apps at my own risk. The first part (this is all from the very limited time I had to fiddle with phones from clients) is impossible and the second has too many string attached as far as I am aware.
      Oh and I obviously spend money on some apps I would need to find replacements for and most likely pay again. The other points would need to be a strong contender to make me move entirely.

      But it’s very tempting.

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        5 months ago

        Best of both worlds is a jailbroken iPhone, but it’s becoming nigh impossible these days. Sure, if you have an older phone it’s still possible with some caveats, but long gone are the days of a new model being jailbroken in a year, never mind a week.