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Tartas1995 ,

I would never say that iphone users are clueless by default about tech. Many are, just like android users and some act like apple has the most amazing tech, but I wouldn’t say that iphone users are generally clueless.

I think there are good and bad reasons to have an iphone.

magnetosphere ,
@magnetosphere@fedia.io avatar

Anyone can have an insightful or idiotic opinion. The OS they use to express it doesn’t matter.

2xsaiko ,
@2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Considering I go around telling people to install NixOS, that sounds about right.

Seriously though, Apple stuff is usually 90%* of the way there with how I want my devices to work. I don’t miss Android at all honestly, on the desktop it’s a lot closer. So much so that when I use my Linux computer, I miss stuff from macOS and when I use my MacBook, I miss stuff from Linux. (I really really wish there was a GNUstep-based Linux desktop on par with KDE. I should get back to messing around with GNUstep, I wanted to look into getting Wayland support fixed, but too many projects.)

  • Let’s hope the EU gives that another couple % for the iPhone.
frauddogg ,
@frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Why do iphone users still talk like hipsters of yesterdecade

AFC1886VCC ,

I’m the only one in my family who has owned iPhones and iPads. I’m also the one that gets asked for tech help.

I’ve used both Android and iOS extensively so I know my way around both.

hal_5700X ,

Who cares what phone you have. It’s just a phone.

CanadaPlus ,

I feel like if you paid extra for an iPhone, that says something bad.

Bitrot ,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

That’s why I only pay the normal price.

Flamingoaks ,

nothing apple ever has a normal price

d00phy ,

I work around a lot of technical people. From software to devops, sys admins to hardware engineers, entry level to exec suite; and I have contacts around the world from my job. It’s a mixed bag as to which phone they all use, and it’s never had any effect on how I view their technical abilities. My personal phone is an iPhone, and my work one is a pixel 7 pro. It’s been that way for over a decade. There are things I like and dislike about both platforms. At the end of the day the “technical” things I do have little, if anything, to do with my phone.

Any personal judgement a stranger makes based on phone, OS, sportsball team, etc really only highlights their own childishness, need for something to lord over others, and propensity towards tribalism. I have no time for that BS.

Roopappy ,

Yep. I use either and both. They are both phones that work well and have annoying issues.

weeeeum ,

I think tech guys are split on apple because of the different priorities. Apple has a very clean, optimized and seamless OS and ecosystem.

Apple is also objectively extremely anti-consumer as well. No side loading, proprietary software and hardware, ludicrously overpriced hardware, locked down OS, and highly monopolistic. All of these only get stronger the more who use Apple, and so many tech people are turned off by it.

Personally, I am more of the latter. I don’t care if my phone is a Nokia 3310 in comparison. I’d rather die standing than live kneeling.

d00phy ,

No sideloading? Sure iOS and iPadOS are pretty locked down, but homebrew? Most of the apps on my Mac didn’t come from the App Store.

As for the price, sure they’re expensive, but they last! I have a 2006 mini still kicking around, a 2013 iMac still chugging along… neither still receive updates, but that doesn’t stop me from running some flavor of Linux on them for one reason or another. On that front, Apple has pissed me off a bit, though. The first Mac I used was a G4 that got software updates for right around 10-years. The mini I have got about the same. The iMac got 8 years, IIRC. That made me mad.

TORFdot0 ,

Who says that? Seems kind of silly to put some one in a box based on their phone OS preference

LazaroFilm ,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

I have an iPhone an a few Linux computers. Where do I stand?

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    0_0j OP , (edited )
    @0_0j@lemmy.world avatar

    I am not in love with the apple ecosystem.

    This.

    Edit:

    The monthlies

    itune subscription fee : $10 Apple tv: $9

    Let’s say you save and take the apple one, still, $20 every month! ($240 every year, recursively) On top of prepaid internet subscriptions!

    Am I the only one who’s seeing this?

    CoggyMcFee ,

    You might be the only one for whom these words makes sense

    0_0j OP ,
    @0_0j@lemmy.world avatar

    What flabbergasts me is that they are okay with it.

    Bitrot ,
    @Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    I’d be upset if any phone prevented me from subscribing to optional cross-platform features, yes.

    kirklennon ,

    How is this relevant to anything at all? If you want a streaming music subscription, you can pay for one. If not, don't. You can use any service you want on an iPhone, and you can likewise use Apple Music on an Android phone. The availability of services is just a totally separate issue.

    0_0j OP , (edited )
    @0_0j@lemmy.world avatar

    You can use any service you want on an iPhone,

    Is it possible to play music offline, that one receives from, say whatsapp? Or airdropped from another phone?

    kirklennon ,

    Of course you can. The iPhone never lost any of the basic features of the iPod and is perfectly capable of storing and playing DRM-free music in popular formats.

    Sequentialsilence ,

    Obviously agree with everyone else here, I just wanted to add a personal tangent. Right before the crypto boon back in 2019-2020, I called that AI was going to be the next big thing and to invest in it. Obviously we’re seeing that, but I honestly think we probably only have about another year and a half to 2 of the AI gravy train before it does a dot com burst, and people realize it’s true value. It got so overinflated so fast people will eventually realize it’s just pattern recognition and matching and it can’t solve everything, then it will die down.

    The next one that will come is quantum computing in about 6-7 years. Not because it can “compute better than regular computers” but because quantum is able to spit out approximations so much faster than regular computers, it will have a huge boon in cloud based physics rendering, and large dataset analysis.

    rustyfish ,
    @rustyfish@lemmy.world avatar

    Oh, we are back at being jerks to each other because of phone. Lovely.

    TexMexBazooka ,

    So I originally bought one due do family circumstances. A family member was in a heavily HEAVILY censored part of the world- the type of place that you can’t get emails or text messages out of. The type of place where any communication sent over their network WAS being monitored, so you had to speak very carefully.

    iMessage was the only 100% reliable method of contact, so I got an iPhone and just haven’t upgraded since.

    sunaurus ,

    For context I use all of these daily: Linux (servers + handheld gaming), Windows (gaming), Mac OS (work & general purpose). I used one of the first iPhones around 2008, then exclusively Android for 10 years, and then back to iPhones.

    Iphone users of Lemmy, people say not to trust you on tech insights.

    IMO, these “people” with such takes are the only ones who shouldn’t be trusted on tech insights here :P

    TheFriendlyDickhead ,

    If all your friends have an apple phone it’s easy to buy one too. They have some features that makes having an android in an apple friend group quite anoying. For example the classic: “I’m going to air drop you the picture.” And then only after every apple user in the room has got the picture they think about sending it the classic way to the outsider. It doesn’t sound like much, but it doesn’t just happen with air drop, but with a lot of those features. Source: I’m the android guy in an apple friend group.

    They all are far from techy… I think it’s wrong to generalize, but I think if you don’t know shit it’s easier to go with apple. Android usualy is far more customizable, but some people just don’t care and want a phone that just works. And for those apple can be the right option, because in general it’s easier to understand at a first glance.

    TheWeirdestCunt ,

    Ngl I don’t think I’ve ever used airdrop in the last 5 years other than trying to use it once or twice during covid, people weren’t showing up though no matter what my settings were so idk what happened.

    dan1101 ,

    Yeah I’ve seen family and friends struggle with airdrop, there are always 1 or 2 it doesn’t work for so they might as well be Android.

    AccurstDemon ,
    @AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyz avatar

    You should try LocalSend as an alternative to Airdrop with your Iphone friends!

    kinkles ,
    @kinkles@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Doesn’t that only work if everyone is connected to the same WiFi?

    theareciboincident ,

    Yep, I don’t give a shit about AirDrop or even use the ecosystem. Just iPhone and AirPods.

    iPhone because I am a discerning consumer whose current life needs fit it better. AirPods because they are best in class for iPhones (yes due to anti consumer policies). In college sure I customized the heck out of my androids.

    Now I just want something that runs fast and reliably browses the internet. AdGuard takes care of the rest.

    I used to buy proper Samsung/LG flagship Androids and absolutely loved them for my needs at the time. But every single one went to complete shit after 2 years. Huge battery drain, slow and unresponsive, no updates.

    My iPhone is 3.5 years old, still blazing fast, battery drain consistent with degradation, still getting updates, still no need to get a new phone.

    This entire debate is literally the bell curve soyjack meme lmao but I had fun typing at least!

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