I'm mostly fine with monopolies that exist because nobody can make a better product. It's scary, but there's not much to be done about it.
Unfortunately, Apple is not the kind of product I would actually want to use. They are still behind Android on many features, because the lock so much down, don't prioritize compatibility, etc.
They also cost more, and you can't develop apps for them unless you also have a Mac. To any techie, that's a problem, especially when a MacBook costs more than anything else I've ever owned.
iOS apps also seem to often cost a few bucks, despite free equivalents existing for Android. Perhaps because they are more expensive to make, or because they can't rely on a data collection business model, whatever the case pretty much everything seems more expensive.
There are lots of reports that third party stuff is just a bit worse because of the privacy restrictions.
The UI is non-customizable in a very annoying way, it's all based on gestures and shortcuts with many things hidden.
Apple makes appliances more than computers. Android, Windows, and Linux all share a general idea of doing anything, in any scenario.
With Apple you're never quite sure what they'll do. Anything beyond core phone use cases seems more like a bonus, and a lot of the exclusive features have to do with some other Apple specific thing.
Plus, apparently, they don't have per app notifications, and some are saying that push notifications can be unreliable.
There is essentially never a time when I want anything like a full do not disturb. So... I'd have to be interrupted every 4 seconds by crappy apps that spam notifications to avoid being unreachable?
With Android, you feel like no matter what tech task you want to do, you can probably do it with an app. I don't get the impression Apple is really trying to be more than an appliance.
Unfortunately, Apple is not the kind of product I would actually want to use. They are still behind Android on many features, because the lock so much down, don't prioritize compatibility, etc.
They also cost more, and you can't develop apps for them unless you also have a Mac. To any techie, that's a problem, especially when a MacBook costs more than anything else I've ever owned.
iOS apps also seem to often cost a few bucks, despite free equivalents existing for Android. Perhaps because they are more expensive to make, or because they can't rely on a data collection business model, whatever the case pretty much everything seems more expensive.
There are lots of reports that third party stuff is just a bit worse because of the privacy restrictions.
The UI is non-customizable in a very annoying way, it's all based on gestures and shortcuts with many things hidden.
Apple makes appliances more than computers. Android, Windows, and Linux all share a general idea of doing anything, in any scenario.
With Apple you're never quite sure what they'll do. Anything beyond core phone use cases seems more like a bonus, and a lot of the exclusive features have to do with some other Apple specific thing.
Plus, apparently, they don't have per app notifications, and some are saying that push notifications can be unreliable.
There is essentially never a time when I want anything like a full do not disturb. So... I'd have to be interrupted every 4 seconds by crappy apps that spam notifications to avoid being unreachable?
With Android, you feel like no matter what tech task you want to do, you can probably do it with an app. I don't get the impression Apple is really trying to be more than an appliance.