Somewhat overdue IMHO.

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    4 months ago

    These are the main points according to the article:

    Disrupting “super apps” that encompass many different programs and could degrade “iOS stickiness” by making it easier for iPhone users to switch to competing devices

    I’d imagine this is about setting standard apps for many different things (for example maps, music) and also allowing these apps the same levels of system access as the Apple apps have (for example allowing Google Maps to display full screen directions on the lock screen during navigation). Also the 30% fee for competing services like Spotify.

    Blocking cloud-streaming apps for things like video games that would lower the need for more expensive hardware

    This is about Apple blocking game streaming apps from the App Store.

    Suppressing the quality of messaging between the iPhone and competing platforms like Android

    This is obviously about iMessage and the blue/green bubble “issue”. This is irrelevant where I live as we simply use other messengers, but okay.

    Limiting the functionality of third-party smartwatches with its iPhones and making it harder for Apple Watch users to switch from the iPhone due to compatibility issues

    Essentially allowing access to more system functionality and integrations with non-Apple smartwatches.

    Blocking third-party developers from creating competing digital wallets with tap-to-pay functionality for the iPhone

    So the ability to bind the double-click to Apple Pay to other services.

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      What I hate is that the alternative that they’re switching to is RCS, which puts control of your texting in the hands of your carrier. iMessage is great because you don’t need a phone number, I can send texts to my moms iPad even though she doesn’t have an iPhone.

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    4 months ago

    Reading on different Apple sites, it’s hilarious. People are acting like they are being sued. Crazy to watch how cult members react. I mean it’s unhealthy but it is what it is.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t get the fanboy culture around phone manufacturers. None of them have done anything innovative in a decade. They’re just adding more cameras and trying to make them thinner even though I’m pretty sure most people don’t care about either.

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          4 months ago

          Not in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.

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          I’d prefer they make it fatter if the battery would last more than a day as consequence.

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            That’s what they do. Compare an iPhone 6 to the current ones, you’ll see they’ve gotten fat

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      4 months ago

      Android is open source platform, you don’t need Google for Android.

      Android gives you a base system so that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel while creating an operating system. All phone manufacturers build on Android to create OS for their mobile.

      Googles monopoly is because a lot of things we benifit from Android is cross compatibility of devices from different companies which is facilitated by Google - Play Store, Etc.

      This monopoly of Google is not forced but domination of it in Android space since the very beginning.

      Anyone can create an OS without Google services but it would be very less useful compared to Android with Google services, because of lack of compatibility.

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        Using anything that pushes google’s technology is supporting Google. Chromium is pushing Google’s vision on the web. Android of any distribution is pushing Google’s vision on mobile.

        There needs to be an alternative to the two major players that don’t help them.

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            4 months ago

            Again, using tech that came from Google, even if you removed the telemetry and the Google apps is still supporting Google.

            We need more 100% independent projects.

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              KaiOS (which has a fairly specific reason to exist that doesn’t apply to most iOS or Android users) notwithstanding I don’t see a third competitor gaining any serious traction (traction = apps actually existing = phone actually being usable) this late into the game.

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                I wish a web tech based phone would take off. There’s not much that can’t be a pwa.

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    Can’t wait for this to get thrown out.

    Like don’t get me wrong, it’s long overdue, I just do not believe our current system will actually have it be enforced.