RealNooshieJul 7, 2023

Other than blue bubbles, why do you use iPhone?

https://lemmy.world/post/1118796

Other than blue bubbles, why do you use iPhone? - Lemmy.world

Yes, I’m the one in the group DM that turns the bubbles green, I’m sorry. But other than that, I don’t hear many other reasons why people actually prefer iPhones over Androids. What other reasons are there?

Show threadNotaCatJul 7, 2023
I’d rather be tracked by apple than google.
Show threadXpeeNJul 7, 2023
You can degoogle your android phone. There are ROMs/OSs which are free from tracking.
Show threadanoncityJul 8, 2023
But then you lose functionality like Android Auto, where on an iPhone you get CarPlay. Android Auto on my Pixel 7 Pro is fine, honestly like as much as CarPlay, but if you install something like Graphene OS, it no longer works.
Show threadXpeeNJul 8, 2023

Yeah but if that’s the price of not being tracked means, I happily say goodbye to android auto. I’m using lineageOS for years and I didn’t notice much missing except Google pay and android auto.

When on iPhone, Apple still tracks you when your privacy settings should’ve disable it.

Apple Is Tracking You Even When Its Own Privacy Settings Say It’s Not, New Research Says

An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”

Gizmodo
Show threadJackGreenEarth
Why do you need to use a Google app to use NFC payment? Why isn’t there an F-Droid app for that?
Jul 8, 2023 at 8:37amWeb
Show threadXpeeNJul 8, 2023
No. I read somewhere it needs bank agreements or something. Unfortunately microG doesn’t support it too…