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Re:Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to? by RussianCow on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:14AM (#28222254)
To be fair, once you get past the initial setup, everything mostly Just Works™. But still, I completely understand not wanting to deal with installation and the potential consequences if something goes wrong. (I nearly bricked a device from a botched installation once, so I know how stressful that is.)
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Re:Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to? by ziml77 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:35AM (#28222698)
I don't doubt that it just works nearly as well as an iPhone, but I want someone else to be responsible if things do go wrong.

For similar reasons, I don't self-host important services like email despite having my own domain. If shit goes wrong, I want the company I'm paying to have their people take care of it. I don't want to have to rush to fix it myself.

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