I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn’t Android’s fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

  • Stitch0815@feddit.de
    495·
    8 months ago

    No at least you can side loade and install other app stores out of the box with android. It`s far from perfect but still way better.

    • thorbot@lemmy.world
      1032·
      8 months ago

      News flash, you can do that on iOS too.

      Edit: downvote away, my custom apps on my iPhone run great without jail breaking. Love all the wrong info on Lemmy. Good stuff.

        • thorbot@lemmy.world
          43·
          8 months ago

          Nope. You can install any app with developer license. You can also jailbreak. Don’t bother replying to this comment, I’ve read enough brain dead replies already.

          • Zangoose@lemmy.one
            151·
            8 months ago

            Which costs an additional $100/yr for something that’s free on any other platform.

          • flashgnash@lemm.ee
            121·
            8 months ago

            With developer license

            Doesn’t seem fair to pay for the luxury of being able to install your own software

        • thorbot@lemmy.world
          43·
          8 months ago

          Okay! You’re wrong but that’s alright. I’m running custom apps on my device without jailbreaking.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        31·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, the customs apps, for which you pay a developer license for. Which need to be reinstalled every so often because Apple doesn’t want you to use apps like that.

        They run so great though /s