As a long time Android user, stop focusing on Apple and focus on your own damn software and hardware.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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The good part of Android is that you don't need to take Apple's shits. The bad part is that you now have to take a certain amount of Google's shits.
Well, you can always degoogle an android phone, even without rooting it (adb).
Isn't it all about the blue bubbles being one of the bigger reasons. I wonder what impact apps like imessage not being tied to hardware would have.
This is why I like services like beeper bringing iMessage support over to android. I get to use the phone like, but also make my friends happy by not messing up the blue bubbles
Same. I'm using Beeper on my Pixel for iMessage. I use OneCalender to sync my Apple Calendar with my wife. No reason to use an iPhone. I prefer Android.
Ya Beeper is awesome. I use it for WhatsApp, because I need it for my landlord, but there's no chance in hell I'm installing WhatsApp on my phone.
Alas, they're backed up enough you can't really start using it at present
One of my friends just signed up 29 days ago and got in so they are definitely catching up. I was on the waitlist for a year and a half
For anyone else wondering, they're backed up meaning there's a wait before you can start using it. I just signed up and it ended with a message that basically says "you're in line!"
IMessage on android will be amazing, I'm excited to try it out.
That is exactly what I meant :)
I use android and I will still say I think iOS had an edge when it comes to security. iOS sandbox is far more restrictive of what apps can and can't do. While I disagree with certain restriction others I can see. Keep in mind as far as I am aware android apps can still do things like list every application on the device, and don't get me started on Google Play services
Cybersec White Papers haven't ranked an iPhone as the most secure phone in like 5 years.
I think the sandbox itself isn't much better, if at all. Their app store restrictions are MUCH stricter, though, and the privacy controls are actually checked.
Google lets through more crap. Apple's reviewers aren't great (for the developer, at least) but as a user the restrictive store filtering gives Apple a security advantage.
Also: updates. Yes, Samsung now gives five years of security updates, but Google and plenty of other manufacturers have failed to get to that level when iOS receives seven years of updates these days.
Apple's design also has some problems. For example, Safari and iMessage have been deeply integrated into the OS for ages, which led to some zero click exploits that would never be as problematic as they would be on Android.
Most of these issues have since been fixed but there's still a much deeper integration between what I would consider standard apps and the underlying OS.
I still don't think doing stuff like listing apps on the device is possible without at least a sandbox escape.
LSApplicationWorkspace.defaultWorkSpace should do the trick, though you won't be able to publish the app on the app store if you call this API. The only barrier here is Apple's rules for the app store, which can be overcome using the standard SDK or a tool like Altstore.
Damn didn't know that lol.
I use graphine and put all the spooky apps in my "work" profile and that seems to make me feel safe enough, keep in mind while I would love it if I could convince every single friend to move to FOSS applications I know deep down that would be really hard to do
If I’m going with Android, it’s going to be a custom ROM without Google services. F-Droid FTW =]
Very little to do with the iPhone. I don't get it.
In all of those videos they show someone trying to transfer his stuff from an iPhone