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submitted 3 months ago by jackmarxist@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Got an iPhone some months ago because it was cheaper than getting a Pixel or S24 and I hate it.

The apps suck, sideloading sucks ass because of both apple restrictions and the lack of modded apps, browsing sucks because the adblockers suck because the extensions suck, FOSS is pretty much dead of iOS, call spam detection sucks, keyboard sucks.

I never saw an ad on android for the past three years because of how good my setup was with modded apps and Firefox+uBlock but iOS is pure Advertisement Hell.

The OS visuals and responsiveness are better than most android skins but 60Hz is trash as well and 4GB ram means that I can not even open like 3 tabs at once without the others shutting down.

The photo management sucks the most. Any photo I save goes straight to my Camera Roll and has ZERO organization which memes no more epic funny memes are getting saved on my phone anymore.

The integration with Google Photos is also non-existent and images get saved only when I manually sync them and I will never buy iCloud because I hate the locked down apple ecosystem.

Modded apps also suck and nothing is as good as revanced plus the 7 day refresh limit sucks because of course apple wants 99$ per year to have the godlike ability to install your own apps.

Airdrop is maybe the only positive I remember about this. And maybe the battery life which is better than my previous phone's battery.

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[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always buy a new $200-ish Android phone every 4 years. The huge benefit is that I don't have to stress my $2000 phone breaking. Repairs are way cheaper. Also FOSS apps are cool and good. I guess posher friends than me have gotten used to the iOS ecosystem. I'm not gonna give them a hard time for it, but it's an expensive addiction.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Current phone? Looking to get my next £200 android, lol.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Samsung A15. Seems fine. Don't want to 100% recommend it, as I'm not a full hardware spec nerd, and someone may know better.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How's the camera?

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Seems OK. My gf said it takes good photos. I am so not a photo person, tho. I'd look online for a better answer.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a pixel 6 rn and am pretty happy with it. Just checked backmarket and they're going for ~$160 USD. Solid battery, pretty quick, great camera, no 3rd party bloat, 128GB ssd. You could do a lot worse for the price

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't it have a lot of bloat cos of the Google stuff?

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The google-branded phones (Nexus / Pixel) are aimed towards developers. While they ship with the full suite of Google applications, the real reason anybody buys these phones is to plug them in to ADB, unlock the bootloader, and flash custom firmware.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Google phones are known for being basically just pure stock android without much bloat. That's like the entire purpose of their existence.

[–] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Graphene OS.