Upgraded my old phone, the camera bump is so much bigger! #iPhone

GMate8 🎃, imagine using closed source Google Play Services without which many apps would refuse to work.

The much more serious problem with iOS is the fact that one can't run arbitrary code on a device they bought without Apple involvement.

8 Oct 2021 at 22:34

Jule :mastodon: :tux: 🇪🇺

@grishka
Fortunately there's #LineageOS and #fdroid.
@gmate8

9 Oct 2021 at 5:18 | Open on social.tchncs.de

GMate8

@juleLe @grishka I blocked all Google stuff though

9 Oct 2021 at 8:03 | Open on mastodon.online

Григорий Клюшников

Jule :mastodon: :tux: 🇪🇺, yes but open-source apps, the kind in f-droid, only get you this far. You would still need proprietary ones, that are only available on google play and depend on play services, to get many things done IRL. Yes, there are open-source google play clients. Yes, there's microg. It may work for something but would frustrate you endlessly in other cases.

Oh and also. Your custom ROM will most probably still come with proprietary drivers.

9 Oct 2021 at 10:30

dansup

@trevdev Nope haha, my 11 Pro is 2 years old and I was eligible for an upgrade!

8 Oct 2021 at 18:24 | Open on mastodon.social

Trev ✨

@dansup Ok ok, every contract term, then. It's only a little dig, anyway. How's that device treating you?

8 Oct 2021 at 18:25 | Open on mastodon.technology

dansup

@trevdev I love it, the pro motion display (120hz) is amazing and the new macro mode is pretty neat!

8 Oct 2021 at 18:41 | Open on mastodon.social

Trev ✨

@dansup Sounds fancy! I both envy and loathe Apple. As much as I loathe their practices/policies, they do make super shiny stuff.

8 Oct 2021 at 18:52 | Open on mastodon.technology

Григорий Клюшников

Trev ✨, their industrial design, now that Johny Ive left, is amazing again, no denying that. Like how they put an ethernet port into the power brick on the M1 iMac. It's form AND function again! The iPhones with squared-off edges look neat too. Them forcing their service ecosystem by locking out competition with keys burned into silicon is deplorable though and it's the main reason why I'm not considering iOS. Still eagerly waiting for the M1X macbooks tho and will most probably be getting one to replace my 2012 MBP.

Trev ✨, their industrial design, now that Johny Ive left, is amazing again, no denying that. Like how they put an ethernet port into the power brick on the M1 iMac. It's form AND function again! The iPhones with squared-off edges look neat too. Them forcing their service ecosystem by locking out competition with keys burned into silicon is deplorable though and it's the main reason why I'm not considering iOS. Still eagerly waiting for the M1X macbooks tho and will most probably be getting one to...

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Trev ✨

@grishka I'm definitely more ready to put $2500 into something like system 76 if i truly feel like doing less work at a premium price myself. Hold my little seagull brain back

9 Oct 2021 at 19:15 | Open on mastodon.technology

Григорий Клюшников

Trev ✨, at this point I can't use anything that isn't macOS. Desktop Linux is as unpolished as it's always been, and Windows is increasingly user-hostile and with all those layers of cruft older than me.

9 Oct 2021 at 21:01

Trev ✨

@grishka I find that experience to be very unrelatable. Linux is more polished than it's ever been and I can't be convinced to switch away save maybe being an employer for an easy job that pays way too much money. A butt ton of money. The best job ever would let me use Linux

9 Oct 2021 at 21:33 | Open on mastodon.technology

AnonymousWebHacker

@dansup @trevdev See that https://volla.online/de/index.html

8 Oct 2021 at 23:44 | Open on mastodon.online