re: The day finally arrived, Samsung to Apple

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Google makes their revenues by giving away everything for free and then data mining the shite out of you. Apple doesn't, so why should they drop the gates?

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I'm not saying the abusive relationship isn't in Apple's best interest monetarily, at least in the short and medium term. I just think it's very bad for the tech ecosystem and arguably morally questionable. I opposed Microsoft when it tried to lock the web into IE6 or block interoperability with Office formats. I oppose Google's attempts to control the web's content through AdSense. And I oppose Apple's attempts to control the smartphone market by locking in chat functionality. And just personally, I'm the type of user who will gladly spend money and time to avoid these companies when they engage in that type of behavior.

Signal is my default SMS app and originally I was just going to force it like you suggest (I was moving to GrapheneOS whether BlueBubbles worked or not), but at the end of the day my wife and my mother are the only two people I text with that level of influence. They'd still be using iMessage for everyone else and so would I, so it seems pointless to push it on them. I do have my wife use Signal for video calls as that's more convenient than setting up a FaceTime weblink.

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You can't receive uncompressed video from outside the Apple eco-system because iMessage doesn't support RCS.

But you probably don't want to do that because gross green bubble, right?

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Apple could fix this by becoming more open and interoperable. But they won't. Because they want their average user to see shitty video and green bubbles and assume it's because anything but apple sucks.

The same way Microsoft shareholders had to have it explained to them that Internet Explorer was a monopoly and action was taken in order to save the internet.

It might not be best for Apple shareholders, but better to open up on your own terms than get anti trust to make you open up on someone elses.

They both are monopolies.

Google in search.

Apple in mobile devices. In the US I think it's over 80% with younger audiences and growing extremely fast with gen Z. In another decade Android within the states will probably be close to extinction if something doesn't change.

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Apple people want all their decisions made for them.

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That's a very sheepish thing to say.

It's a phone. It's mean to be used. Ease of use is big.
I've never seen anyone do something with a Google-based phone that made me go "wow I am really missing out".

There was a time when I switched to a pixel and it honestly creeped me the frick out because I was getting ads based on where I went. There were some other creepy things that happened that I can't really explain because it involves facebook, which is a separate company but it stopped happening after I got rid of my pixel and went back to Apple.

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How many people do you know who have the iPhone AND the iPad AND the Apple Buds AND the Apple watch AND the macbook?

Tons of them. In any other a scenario that would be cultish.

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It's like that because they work well together. I prefer macs for scripting and webdev because it is unix-like, and I prefer macs for audio production because it runs so freaking well with Logic Pro X (and LPX is amazing).

I have an iphone because it's easy and I don't have to frick with it much. It used to be that a big advantage was receiving calls and texts on my computer as well but it looks like you can at least do the texts with android phones on a windows app as well now. I don't have an tablet because i don't have a usecase for it but if I wanted one I would get an iPad because it would integrate with everything else I have. Oh, and I have an apple watch because it works well with my other apple shite. It makes sense and doesn't mean you're part of a cult.

I hate Apple as a company because of the SJW and Chinese slave labor stuff, but I also hate Google. At least Apple has a history of valuing privacy. You would have to become Amish if you boycotted every company that did something shitty.

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How many people do you know who have the iPhone AND the iPad AND the Apple Buds AND the Apple watch AND the macbook?

Tons of them. In any other a scenario that would be cultish.

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That's an ignorant statement no doubt coming from someone who obviously has no knowledge of what he is talking bout and has no understanding of how well they all work together.

Oh and don't forget AirPods max, HomePods, and the iMac.

I had the original Motorola Droid phone and have had some version of an Android phone ever since. Most recently I've had a couple of the Google Pixel phones. I never had any problem with Android phones. Work pays for my cell phone and recently switched me over to an Apple phone. It's my first time using an Apple phone and I have zero complaints. I don't really get what the argument is. Use whatever the hell you like. They each have benefits so use whatever works best for you.

Just youtube iPhone 13 or iOS 15 tips and tricks. YouTube helped me a lot when I made the switch. Endless resources on there.