I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn’t Android’s fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

  • verdigris
    235·
    9 months ago

    At least there’s choice with Android. I’d much rather it was possible for FOSS phones to actually exist but in the meantime the lock-in with Apple is an absolute non-starter, as is basically everything about their UX philosophy.

    • BReel@lemmy.one
      2·
      9 months ago

      It really just depends on if you prefer customization or reliability.

      For example, I’m an apple boi because I like that every app in the store is made specifically for an iPhone (which is easy for devs to do since there’s little variation). It leads to better maintained and performing apps because devs can optimize for the device it’s running on.

      On android, you have way more choices, which some people prefer. But for myself, I get really annoyed when I launch an app and it fills 95% of my screen, but not all of it, because my phone is slightly taller then the 2000 other variations out there. It’s much harder for a dev to optimize their app when there are so many variables to account for on android.

      Neither phone (or company for that fact) is better. They serve different demographics of users is all.

      • AnagrammadiCodeina@feddit.it
        3·
        9 months ago

        Have you used android in the last 10 years? Im not the kind of guy who install 100 apps per day but i did not encounter this issue for a VERY long time.

        • BReel@lemmy.one
          1·
          9 months ago

          I haven’t had one myself for a while, really anymore I just see it when watching vids on the flip phones or tablets it seems.

          But android gave me the reason to switch (the messy apps) years ago, and apple hasn’t given me a reason to switch back yet.

          It very well might be fine now, but until apple does something similar enough to push me to switch again, I won’t know haha.