kcxt (casey)
cas@social.treehouse.systems
the urge to buy an iPhone resurfaces
gonna keep coping online instead of actually doing it though
probably
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@cas I mean, iPhones are pretty good
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@alicela1n I do hear this
I hear bad things too
but I'm starting to at least see the potential value in finding out for myself
especially now third party app stores are a thing
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@cas but what about the walled garden + vendor lock-in?!
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@craftyguy vendor lock-in for what? im locked-in to Google services, YouTube, and mastodon and those are all available I think
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kcxt (casey)
cas@social.treehouse.systems@alicela1n what things do you find restrictive in that sense?
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@cas Apple pushes iphone users to use/depend on services that aren't accessible outside the Apple "ecosystem", like ichat. I guess if you can avoid them... 🤷
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Ariadne Conill 🐰
ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@cas it is at least worth buying one to study the user experience on imo
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@cas i also wondered if an iPhone was for me, but honestly i don't think i need to buy one and support apple just to try it out. in the meantime, a fairphone saves the ecosystem and guarantees you longevity
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Alex Markley 
alex@blog.mbe.tv
@craftyguy @cas One thing to watch out for: The instant you activate a SIM card on an iPhone, it will advertise your phone number as an iMessage address to every Apple user who has your number in their contacts. The only way to avoid this is to disable iMessage and FaceTime completely on the device.
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Angelo Verlain
vixalientoots@mas.to@alex @craftyguy @cas I'm sorry to understand but what's the issue on this? They already have your number.
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@vixalientoots @alex @cas see what I said earlier about Apple pushing users to use their proprietary walled garden
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I feel that the biggest reason Apple is perceived like the worst is not because of them, but because the countries culture, i see a lot of people complaining about "Man, i can't message my friends because they say i have green bubbles on IMessage u.u", but then there are developing countries where you need to use whatsapp or google specific services to access your medical assurance D: (this is from a normal user perspective, i know most of Linux users only want to sideload their apps and such)
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