I was speaking of Apple's entire eco-system, not just the iPhone. I was halfway through my planned transition from Windows to macOS when i started to notice things that stopped working if I strayed beyond the Walled Garden. Add in the over-priced hardware, and I determined it just wasn't worth it. Moving to Linux now.
Google and their cronies are watching your every move.
1. There exist other lesser OSes. my personnal favourite example: Jolla's Sailfish OS [sailfishos.org].
2. Google can only whatch you if you run their services (Google Play Services). The interesting thing is that there are alternatives that implement the same API (that some abs are absolutely dependent upon), but doesn't do the tracking: opensource reimplementation microG [microg.org]. (This comment is valid both for smartphone running Android or AOSP (LineageOS, etc.) AND for the Android applications compatibility that some of the alt
Veni, Vidi, VISA:
I came, I saw, I did a little shopping.
Apple's Walled Garden... (Score:2)
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Other alternatives do exist. (Score:2)
Google and their cronies are watching your every move.
1. There exist other lesser OSes. my personnal favourite example: Jolla's Sailfish OS [sailfishos.org].
2. Google can only whatch you if you run their services (Google Play Services). The interesting thing is that there are alternatives that implement the same API (that some abs are absolutely dependent upon), but doesn't do the tracking: opensource reimplementation microG [microg.org]. (This comment is valid both for smartphone running Android or AOSP (LineageOS, etc.) AND for the Android applications compatibility that some of the alt