LG is getting out of the mobile phone business

Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by acdha on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:21AM (#26699308)

Your comments are interesting in terms of the iOS/Android comparison: both of those are things which just work on iOS without needing to find and configure a separate app. This dynamic shows up constantly in these discussions because HN is full of people who enjoy tinkering as a hobby and have strong opinions about things should work whereas from the perspective of most normal people it’s easier to pay $400 for a noticeably faster iOS device rather than spending time puttering around trying to find the right combination of apps to compensate for an unmotivated device vendor and hoping that you didn’t just install malware in the process.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by oftenwrong on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:06PM (#26702383)

That is true. I prefer an experience that's more fiddly and annoying overall, but that can be customised to fit my preferred usage if necessary. I would not be happy on an iPhone, stuck with what they have chosen. I like to install my own launcher and such. That's why I use GNU/Linux on the desktop, and Android on my phone. Both of these ecosystems are very fragmented as well. For example, my old Android phone had neither of the problems I mentioned.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by acdha on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#26702994)

To be clear, I think this is entirely legitimate. I used Linux on the desktop for years, drove a car with a manual transmission, etc. so I totally understand being in a spot where the broader market is moving in a different direction. I feel like we’re losing something with less control over our devices but totally understand the security & support dynamic which got us here.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by mackrevinack on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:29PM (#26702716)

does ios remember the volume for every bluetooth device though or is it just headphones? i have tasker set a different volume for my car's bluetooth than my bluetooth headphones.

another thing i have tasker do is write down the hours i work every week by detecting the bluetooth tv in work and then the times my car stops in the morning and starts when i head home. then on friday if there are any hours that haven't been sent, tasker puts them into an email and i review it before sending.

i often think about switching to an iphone for the camera or some other reasons, but then i think about all the stuff ive made in tasker and how i probably won't be able to replicate it all on ios

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by acdha on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:38PM (#26705039)

I haven't tested that many Bluetooth devices but it seems to be per-device — e.g. my wired headphones are different than either of my Bluetooth speakers or the built-in speaker.

Apple's Shortcuts app supports a number of automation scenarios — for example, I would implement the feature you mentioned with a rule which tells Toggl to start an entry when my location is within a certain radius of work and stop it when I leave. You can also create or add to a note, send emails, etc. Since I have the Pythonista app, that could even extend to running arbitrary code.

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