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iPhone users, what's stopping you from switching to Android? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[+] dev_null@lemmy.ml -7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Apple Photos is more private than Google Photos

Sure, but if you care about privacy at all, then surely you wouldn't use either of them anyway? You'd use Ente Photos (available for both OS), or Immich (available for both OS), or any other private solution? So this shouldn't really be a factor in choosing between Android and iOS. Same with the export point. Both have good options for photo backup, and neither Apple Photos nor Google Photos are one of them.

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dislike this logic. It's really a black and white / all or nothing approach. Also, I think the photos app is just a microcosm of a bigger consideration. That being which OS do I trust more overall if I trust some of the built I apps more?

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Agree, you should look at the overall picture, not make a decision based on an individual app (which, in case of Google Photos, isn't even built in unless you buy a Pixel or something, it's just some app that happens to be available, for both iOS and Android).

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure on iOS any other gallery app is just a frontend to the photo stock app. Beside, you can encrypt the whole thing on iCloud so it’s safe (which is what I do)

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, all gallery apps show the same on-device photos, the difference is where they backup/upload them, which is the part important to privacy.

Apple iCloud having the E2E encryption feature is definitely an advantage over Google Photos. All I'm saying is that neither really have much to do with the OS. Google Photos isn't even a preinstalled app on most Android phones, just one of many options you could install, same as on iOS.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you disable the iCloud upload for the photos app they are all on-device

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Same goes for any other app, including Google Photos

[–] zelnix@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except google photos will nag you every few days to enable cloud sync if it's disabled when you open the app and uses dark patterns to nudge towards accepting. I doubt iOS does that.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

So don't install it, use a better app. It's just some app, not part of the system like iCloud on iOS.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but that wasn’t the point was it?

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

That's what I'm saying