Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline
by pdimitar on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @07:02PM
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Seems we're on the same page but we argued different parts.
IMO the original statement implied some ill will from Apple -- a myth that has been debunked pretty quickly. That's what I was arguing against.
Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline
by fartcannon on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:04PM
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Oh get off it. Either Apple didn't know they were ruining last gen phones, which means they're incompetent at best or they knew and chose to do it anyways which makes them actively malicious.
Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline
by Jnr on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @04:35AM
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As a long time Android user and app developer I would rather use slow secure device that doesn't break rather than fast insecure one.
Every single Nexus device I have owned, and I have owned every model starting from Nexus S, went out with some sort of hardware failure in 2.5 years time. Either faulty chip, buttons or connectors.
Say what you want about Apple pricing and some bad decisions along the way, but their approach to security, hardware build quality and overall experience of using their device over longer periods of time is very good and certainly beats Android devices.
I wish there were good alternatives with open platform but there are none currently and I don't think there will be any in the next few years.
P.S. I switched to iPhone about a year ago and I don't really miss Android.
> So please don't imply iOS updates brings iDevices "ever closer to unusably slow" because that's very non-factual.
Because THAT was non-factual. They have done it, and for some it was "unusably slow." Whether the reasons were electrically sound wasn't in dispute.