Comment by spunker540
2 months ago
Does Google have a better track record when it comes to arbitrarily locking people out of their digital lives?
2 months ago
Does Google have a better track record when it comes to arbitrarily locking people out of their digital lives?
No.
But, at least with Google you can use hardware without the binding software requirement. You can use an Android device with GrapheneOS and have the phone entirely de-Googled, yet still use Android apps.
If the implication was that there's no other option outside of Apple and Google then that is unfortunate.
Does your bank let you use such a device? Does any big bank where you live?
If I want to participate it modern life, where I live, I need an Android (Google blessed) or Apple device.
The bank thing is a much rarer problem than people make it out to be. We should challenge and boycott any problematic banks as much as we can https://community.e.foundation/t/list-banking-apps-on-e-os/3...
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My bank does let me use such a device. In fact all big banks I use (and I use about a half dozen) work just fine on GrapheneOS.
> If I want to participate it modern life, where I live, I need an Android (Google blessed) or Apple device.
"Modern life..." - wow. The only thing I'm not doing that you are is tap to pay with your phone. I have cards that work just fine for this use case. Stone age, right? Not sure if anyone could survive in a modern society without it. o_O
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> But, at least with Google you can use hardware without the binding software requirement.
For now, but they are tightening things up.
And at least with Apple they provide convenient end-to-end cloud syncing. Google doesn't.
(And this back and forth can go on for a long time...)
You are just picking what is important to you and then ignoring other issues. That isn't how to craft advice that helps people you don't personally know, with needs you are completely unaware of, in a complex domain.
> And at least with Apple they provide convenient end-to-end cloud syncing. Google doesn't.
What?
In fact you have more (and better) options on an Android based device.
> That isn't how to craft advice that helps people you don't personally know, with needs you are completely unaware of, in a complex domain.
Cool story. But it's OK for you to craft advice on a topic you're not well versed in (cloud sync)? Seems like you're ignoring some issues and misunderstanding needs that you're completely unaware of in a pretty straightforward domain.