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Been locked in this ecosystem for a while guys. I'm not proud of it.
It’s better than the alternatives, unfortunately. I really want to dump Apple; the products are waning in quality and the company is spending a lot of time genuflecting for king tangerine. But it just works.
“Just install grapheneOS” my brother in Christ, I have no time or interest in fucking up with the primary communication device I rely on to reach family, friends, and work. I don’t have time for the hobbies I want to do let alone adding work-adjacent activities under the cloak of a hobby.
The ecosystem is really seamless, especially with a MacBook and Apple watch in the mix.
Though I don’t think there is any winning in the smartphone space. There is a duopoly and even if you personally use graphineOS you still are benefitting and helping the Google ecosystem by using Android apps.
Sadly I don’t think we can “vote with our wallets” on smartphones. We need legal legislation that forces both Apple and Google to be consumer friendly.
Agreed. And someone on this side of the Atlantic with the teeth to bite Apple's face off when they pull shit like they did with right to repair or not allowing progressive web apps.
"You need to let end users be able to repair your devices."
"Okay we will sell a $700 repair 'kit' and each replacement part is $1000 and also they're hardware locked to the original device so you can't reuse older devices for parts. BTW you need our certification."