Comment by usr1106

1 year ago

> And why not?

> The iPhone's got it.

And why not?

Let's ruin the planet, we've got it.

Apple is more unethical in their resource waste than Google. But Google is very very far from innocent.

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dangus  1 year ago

How is Apple more unethical than Google on resource waste?

Apple supports all their consumer hardware longer than Google.

Apple will still let you sync your original iPod with your Mac and purchase music digitally “the old fashioned way.” Good luck using the Google Play Store on your EOL Android device.

Google is the one that wasted a whole bunch of plastic and silicon on Stadia controllers before discontinuing the service and giving people an arbitrary deadline to convert the controllers into standard Bluetooth.

In what universe is Google less wasteful than Apple?

  • usr1106  1 year ago

    Who brought us Retina displays that have increased RAM needs, processing power and bus bandwidth by factors? It looks nicer, so what. I can use the Web perfectly for most of the sites I am interesting on a 640x360 phone. Even OsmAnd~ is pretty usable.

    Android runs on many low spec phones.

    • ywvcbk  1 year ago

      iPhones generally have less RAM/Memory than Androids so that should offset it?

      > can use the Web perfectly for most of the sites I am interesting on a 640x360 phone

      I can’t. I could’ve 10 years ago but being forced to switch back would be a horrible experience.

    • dangus  1 year ago

      You know Apple doesn’t make display panels right? PC and Android manufacturers use the exact same display technology. Microsoft laptops have “retina” displays. Android tablets have “retina” displays. It’s just a brand name for high DPI support. I have a 4K Dell monitor hooked up to my PC and yes I need RAM for it, I don’t find that wasteful because it’s being used.

      Android has higher RAM requirements than iOS. Just compare device specs from the same year. Apple was selling flagship phones with 3GB of RAM at the same time Android flagships were packing 8GB.

      Android phones actually got higher resolutions before Apple did. A major complaint of the iPhone 6-7-8 era of phones was that they “aren’t even 1080p.”

      I seem to recall Samsung selling 1440p phones as well.

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