After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors' - 9to5Mac
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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…

    • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.deEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Beyond pure principle, flashing would be very useful when it comes to extending the lifecycle of the device beyond its original purpose. They’re quite powerful and could be turned into a small server for example, similar to a Raspberry Pi. While lacking in ports, they do come with a battery, wifi+cellular and multiple cameras already built in.

      • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        Exactly. My Android phones as they slow, I swap to lineage OS and they’re butter smooth and fast again. None of that planned obsolescence nonsense. Showing what a scam it is.

    • Casey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      Good for people who decide to adopt Android or an open source OS after having an iPhone for a while. Would help get some more traction for alternatives too like Ubuntu Touch.

        • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          81·
          1 year ago

          But if someone already owns an iPhone he should not need to buy another hardware option.

          Not that he needs to justify what he does with his property to the manufacturer or randos on the internet.

        • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          I don’t know why you’re arguing against hardware and software freedom, but it might indicate that lemmy is not for you.

    • Firipu@startrek.websiteEnglish
      103·
      1 year ago

      I would love an iPad Mini running android. Theres basically no high end android tablet in that size factor, but I won’t use fucking IOS just to get my favo form factor. iOS is so neutered and unpractical in comparison to android. It’s so weird that iOS became so popular to me… It’s still stuck 10y ago in like 90% of its os design ideas.

      • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        iOS is so neutered and unpractical in comparison to android. It’s so weird that iOS became so popular to me… It’s still stuck 10y ago in like 90% of its os design ideas.

        Exactly!!! Most people don’t get any of this and will instead claim android and iOS are practically the same thing

        • DarthBueller@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          Having used both, and coming from a PC background, I have to say that I prefer the ease of getting under the hood on a PC, but on my phone and tablets, I don’t have that same interest. Having used both iOS and Samsung Android tablets, I’ve got to say that I prefer the locked-down and uniform nature of the iOS devices. I also feel (emphasis on “feel”) that my iPhone is more secure than my Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. That said, fuck companies fighting against right-to-repair.

          • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            How much android experience do you have? If I felt like Apple devices had basic options and acceptable UI patterns I’d probably be on the same page. But alas, besides all the shady anti-standards and anti-repair things they do, the UI just literally feels extremely lacking to me. Like how the fuck is a universal back button not a thing? How come I have to struggle to do all the most basic shit? Why in the absolute fuck would you put your url bar at the fucking bottom of the screen??

            No apple, fuck your gestures, I want a back and home button. It’s bad enough that their shitty influence changed the defaults on android like that, but at least android has the option to revert to buttons. I have to use Apple devices for work and it is painful every single time. I literally cannot get used to some of the bonehead decisions. On android they typically either don’t fuck up the UI royally, or they provide an option somewhere I can change to get back to the way I prefer things. Shouldn’t be that hard to understand your users aren’t always wrong…