Everyone has their preferences, I would love to hear why you guys prefer using Android!

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    1 year ago

    Browser choice. Actually browser ENGINE choice. And the ability to set my own default apps, including the launcher.

    F-droid. Side loading.

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      1 year ago

      My friend recently went on a trip into the mountains for some hiking, they took some photos that made me ask if it was from a DSLR camera, but it was just from a Pixel 7 Pro. Amazing how far phone cameras have come.

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    1 year ago

    If you use any app other than what Apple provides, you become a second class citizen on your own phone.

    Third party apps simply don’t integrate with iOS nicely unless Apple allows it. Even though you can choose a web browser, it has to use Safari’s underlying code base.

    I’m on a Pixel 7. A lot of people say it’s like Google’s iPhone, but I can use Firefox as my browser natively. Adblocking actually works, too. I can choose any app as a default for whatever. Lots of FOSS! Google doesn’t own my Pixel the same way Apple owns the iPhone.

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    1 year ago

    The simple act of trying to transfer ownership of an iPhone from one daughter to another this week almost broke me. I hate how difficult they make everything.

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      1 year ago

      Was it more involved than sign out -> factory reset -> set up as a new phone? (I’m just curious, have been on android for a few years now)

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        1 year ago

        There were some self inflicted complications to be fair. I couldn’t fully back up the broken phone because it was in a family group with an expired payment card. My wife hadn’t had her iPhone for years so that was a pain in the arse to resolve which included waiting nearly two weeks for an email from Apple. Even when I got into her iCloud account updating the bank card failed every time, also you can’t modify a family group in the browser. I ended up borrowing a family members old iphone so I could set it up as my wifes and disband the family group, then update the payment method directly on the broken phone. We could then pay the 70p or whatever for additional storage and back it up. I couldn’t factory reset the other phone because in addition to the passcode, you also needed the screen time passcode which nobody could remember. I eventually installed iTunes on my PC and wiped it that way. I mean if you know all the security information I imagine it’s a lot easier but I wouldn’t have had this much trouble had they been android phones.

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          1 year ago

          Not an Apple fanboy in the slightest but one could argue that the fact it was so difficult (without knowing ALL the security details) is a feature not a bug.

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            1 year ago

            Agreed, but I wasn’t even able to reset the screen time passcode on the phone where we actually knew all the other security details.

  • Voytrekk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I could post why I do not like Apple, but that isn’t why I prefer Android.

    I like how there are a ton of options on Android. I can control what hardware I have, from an ultrabudget $100 phone to a $2000 foldable flagship. I can choose how I control my device, I can choose how my device looks. All of these things add up to letting me have the best experience.

    I also like how you can install custom ROMs on many devices. This allows even more options in terms of personal control.

  • Menthol@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I want my app icons close to the bottom of the screen where my hands are and not at the top of the screen just because Apple demands it. Also I can have ad free apps like ReVanced

  • TONKAHANAH@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    other linux phones are not really viable. I dont like supporting apple and even if I didnt care about that, their iOS is far too restrictive.

    also Tachiyomi

  • ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat
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    1 year ago
    • I can build my own ROM and add any tweaks I want to the source
    • Full filesystem access, not the circus act iOS is running with their “file management”
    • I can run any browser I want, download any file I want
    • I can sideload any app I want, and install open source apps from F-Droid
    • I can use projects like ReVanced to install modified apps effortlessly, and don’t have to go through the AltStore/Apple Developer BS to install simple things like uYou
    • I can entirely replace my home screen with a different launcher app if I wanted to
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    1 year ago

    In Turkey, Apple products are exorbitantly priced due to factors such as exchange rates, taxes, and so on.

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    1 year ago

    For me it’s probably the ability to sideload apps, among other things. Apps like NewPipe which would never make it to the Play Store are apps that I use every day, because they are just good apps. Also, I just like the UX of my Pixel compared to an iPhone - I couldn’t live without things like a back button, and I sort of don’t like the iOS UI.

  • DJalexTheGameDev@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago
    • Firefox with addons
    • NewPipe with SponsorBlock
    • USB type C
    • Custom ROMs
    • APK Sideloading
    • USB Debugging for testing my Godot projects directly on the phone
    • No apple tax
    • Maybe more…
  • balance_sheet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Number of reasons

    • F-droid(Basically not having to go through proprietary app store) and apps only on them
    • Multitasking is leaps and bounds better(windowed mode, split screen…)
    • Fingerprint
    • SD card
    • Connect phone on Win11 (I know it’s microsoft but it works great and I don’t ever plan to use Mac
    • Customization, which is basically non-existent in iOS
    • Samsung Dex. It’s a bit more than a gimmik to me.
    • File management. Iphone is a freaking joke

    There are some things that iPhone is just better but all those things are things that I can live without.