Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store
by lern_too_spel on Sunday November 08, 2020 @04:28PM
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Eventually users will figure out, and they'll figure out faster if the tech literate tell them.
As an example of one of many things that are much worse on iOS, I share pictures of friends' and relatives' kids with them automatically via Google Photos. All but one of my relatives also use Android, and this works perfectly. One uses iOS, which doesn't allow background uploads, so I get pictures from them months after the event when they happen to have Google Photos open to reminisce, which is annoying for the rest of us, but a potential privacy invasion for them because we all know when they're looking at their old photos.
For people who use the phone features a lot, the inability of iOS devices to conveniently use Google Voice and similar proxies is a nonstarter.
For gamers, the inability of iOS to support Steam Link and Geforce Now is a nonstarter.
For people who value privacy, the inability to install apps or get your location without telling Apple is a nonstarter.
These are all due to Apple's policies. The hardware itself is nice, but because of all the restrictions, it isn't very useful.
As an example of one of many things that are much worse on iOS, I share pictures of friends' and relatives' kids with them automatically via Google Photos. All but one of my relatives also use Android, and this works perfectly. One uses iOS, which doesn't allow background uploads, so I get pictures from them months after the event when they happen to have Google Photos open to reminisce, which is annoying for the rest of us, but a potential privacy invasion for them because we all know when they're looking at their old photos.
For people who use the phone features a lot, the inability of iOS devices to conveniently use Google Voice and similar proxies is a nonstarter.
For gamers, the inability of iOS to support Steam Link and Geforce Now is a nonstarter.
For people who value privacy, the inability to install apps or get your location without telling Apple is a nonstarter.
These are all due to Apple's policies. The hardware itself is nice, but because of all the restrictions, it isn't very useful.