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Other than blue bubbles, why do you use iPhone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by RealNooshie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Yes, I'm the one in the group DM that turns the bubbles green, I'm sorry.

But other than that, I don't hear many other reasons why people actually prefer iPhones over Androids. What other reasons are there?

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[–] Oykot@vlemmy.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are plenty of reasons.

A robust ecosystem Privacy protection features and measures that are given first rate support - at least as far as you can say about a closed source platform Simplicity

I have years of experience with iPhones and flagship Galaxy phones since the 5.

I’m settled on the iPhone for now because those blue bubbles make keeping in contact with family easy. Sure you could use WhatsApp but if it’s not already being used, most people won’t want to download another app just to communicate. They’d rather use the built in texting app.

It also syncs well with my watch that I use for fitness tracking, and my Mac Studio that I use for professional work.

[–] dookie@kbin.cafe 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

with it's proprietary software, no one knows whether or not ios is good for privacy or not. it certainly sends data back to apple automatically, without user consent.

[–] Oykot@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I added an addendum although I clearly did not format it properly.

They claim to be about privacy and seem to consider it a first class concern or however you want to put it.

I weighed the risks and the inconvenience of using a degoogled phone severely outweighs its utility for me.

In an ideal world I could be using GrapheneOS but a lot of OSS still has some ways to go in terms of design and functionality.

Also before the “HA GOTCHA GO SUPPORT THEM YOURSELF” etc etc, I financially support many open source projects and foundations and am working on sharpening my dev skills to contribute more.