Apple’s walled garden is anti-consumer, anti-developer, and pretty much anti-everyone-but-apple.

It just doesn’t make sense to me to use or develop for Apple under those conditions.

More expensive. Less (no?) emulator support. Inertia. Don’t care for apple interfaces or ecosystem much.

I have no reason to switch. Android is generally better and upper-end android phones are much better.

I do not want to support a trillion dollar company that makes it impossible to repair my own stuff.

I have a really, really hard time navigating an iPhone. Whenever I take my girlfriend’s phone, I’m lost. Their type of ergonomics doesn’t fit my needs.

Apple, with its love of walled gardens with no keys

File level access to files. I would love to have the option of moving files in folders and connecting it to a PC to drag and drop files.

True multi tasking.

Ability to install apps from other sources.

I’m a developer and android is more friendly to developers, i have more control over my device. I can use any browser without being stuck with Safari. If i don’t like my phone i can choose from many more manufacturers without losing my apps and subscriptions.

I think most of all i have problem with Apples culture, their smugness and acting like they invented everything. I don’t think I’m their target audience.

Notification light. Repairability (I can practically op this thing open like the hood of a car). Far cheaper options. Headphone jack. Side loading. Fingerprint sensor. Dedicated shutter and focus button. Non proprietary charger that isn’t terrible. Emulators. Firefox plus adblocker. Customisability (least important for me honestly).

I am just happy that I have options. I can do whatever I want with this hardware. I own this device and have complete freedom. I work in repair and I am thoroughly aware of apple’s anti-consumer practices and it disgusts me. I could never buy a device from apple out of principle.

It sickens me when I have to tell customers “your totally repairable device is fucked because apple makes it arbitrarily impossible to repair.”. It makes me even sadder when they just buy another apple device, rewarding them for their behaviour.

• Firefox with ublock and a normal engine

• Newpipe for downloading stuff off YT

• OSMand for offline navigation

• f-droid for foss software

• Rethink to carefully ban everything that doesn’t need internet from connecting

• a phone with a nice amoled screen and all-day quickcharging battery that costs 180€ (motorola g52)

• not one ad anywhere

a better question is, why would I want anything else? An iphone seems like a sharp downgrade.

I had an ipad pro and it was an awful experience for me. Lack of customizations I deem normal, lack of real choice, limitations at every step. The walled garden felt hostile to me, the user. I sold it and got a Samsung tablet instead and it’s been perfect. The only thing missing is procreate, but I have alternatives that do 99% of what I wanted.

A foss os with hardened security.

Sideloading apps

Paying x4 times the price for a device

1. I’m used to Android

2. I enjoy using apps from F-Droid

At this point you’d have to shoot me to go back to a junk drawer of apps. I like my alphabetical list on Niagara.