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·
    10 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
      932·
      10 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
          33·
          10 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·
            10 months ago

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

          • flashgnash@lemm.ee
            121·
            10 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
          33·
          10 months ago

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

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        31·
        10 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