Re:Apple Used to Be an Inventor. Now It’s Mainly a Landlord
by sigzero on Friday November 02, 2018 @02:09PM
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I hear you. I decided this last summer to move out of "Apple Land" to Android. Didn't know much about it but I just didn't want the walled garden anymore. I have moved everything over. Got the Pixel because I wanted "stock" and "updates" and the camera. Haven't had any issues. Next step is moving my wife over as well. It's been a pretty good experience.
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Re:Apple Used to Be an Inventor. Now It’s Mainly a Landlord
by brobdingnagians on Friday November 02, 2018 @02:18PM
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My first smart phone was an iPhone, because it was the cool thing to do and nicely integrated everything, but I wanted to dip into app programming and couldn't justify $99/year for experimentation, so when my iPhone died, I just swapped to Android. If it had been more open and at least let me easily program for my own phone at the time, I probably never would have switched.
Re:Apple Used to Be an Inventor. Now It’s Mainly a Landlord
by distances on Friday November 02, 2018 @02:27PM
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Same for me -- I wouldn't mind developing for iPhones, but I have no intention to fully switch to the Apple ecosystem. It's a no go as long as I can't use my Linux desktop for this.