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…

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What’s the point in letting corporations act like they own things we already paid hundreds of dollars for?

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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