Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut

Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by morganvachon on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:05PM (#23565150)

I'm not a fan of Purism, the company behind the Librem phone, but it's fairly capable hardware for the price. The PinePhone is arguably even better hardware for the money, but it isn't quite ready for prime time on the software side. Gone are the days where a $300+ device is too weak or slow to use daily.

A better tactic would be to purchase one of the few Android devices that are fully compatible with either Replicant or LineageOS, or a phone that can run Sailfish.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by mattl on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:10PM (#23565200)

An iPhone SE is $400. I know Apple have a lot more R&D money than Purism, but it doesn't even feel comparable.

I don't want to run Android. If anything I'd have two phones: an iPhone and a Pinephone.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by evolve2k on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:53PM (#23569489)

Project Insanity have been going to work at running Linux phone OS on the iPhone. Early days/long shot etc. but worth keeping an eye on.

https://blog.project-insanity.org/2020/04/16/running-postmar...

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by jayp1418 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:59PM (#23567264)

Makes sense or have nokia feature phone with kaios and pinephone

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by mattl on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:00PM (#23567972)

I still want a smartphone.

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