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Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms by leakycap on Monday June 09, 2025 @04:32PM (#44229133)
I've tried to escape the walled garden to Android before, and I've given up. No matter which company's phone or what version of Android, it didn't work well as a phone, alarm, and reliable device that I use for stuff like my home security. Things broke on Android like clockwork, and the clock didn't work.

The latest Google pixel devices are specifically blocked from using Wyze devices right now due to a typo in the pixel's configuration files, for example. Stuff like that happens constantly with any phone in the super fragmented Android ecosystem.

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Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms by ragazzina on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:29PM (#44229719)
>it didn't work well as a phone, alarm, and reliable device

If you google "ios alarm not working" you'll find out alarms on iOS are absolutely not reliable, they are often silent.

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Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms by SlowTao on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:20PM (#44229635)
Thats interesting. The clock stuff on android has always been the most reliable thing for me. But milage may vary by user.

I cannot imagine what it would be like to jump out of the Apple ecosystem nowadays. I left in 2012 and it was difficult even then.

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Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms by noisy_boy on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:31AM (#44237251)
They are both broken in their own ways. However, on one of those, I have some amount of flexibility/freedom to put in my own fixes/hacks/solutions to make it work. I will pick the additional headache that flexibility brings over being in a straight jacket everytime.
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