Comment by hypendev
12 hours ago
Android had a tradeoff - less vertical integration and more annoyances, a bit worse software quality, for a more open, customisable and utility-like experience. I loved that.
Now, the tradeoff is - less vertical integration, double the integration layer trash (Google & OEM) and a much more locked down experience. But the quality of it hasn't improved, it just got worse.
Doesn't make sense anymore. They can now do 99% of the same things, but iOS has a better quality OS, better apps and better vertical integration.
Not even vertical integration, actually just any kind. FFS it's 2026 and the recommended android way to send a photo to your mac/PC is "upload to google photos and hope it decides to sync".
> send a photo to your mac/PC is "upload to google photos and hope it decides to sync".
and conveniently, google now has access to your photo, the meta data, and potentially able to scan it for advertising purposes.
and hopefully the other scans won't trip a false positive that leads to your inconvenience/death