I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don’t like but has an alternative?

    • GeminiFrenchFry
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      I (American) just attended a strategy meeting and one of the ice breakers was “are you a green or blue bubble?”.

      I had no idea what it meant, similar to others that are android users. While it was a fun and engaging session, I was kind of shocked that was a thing. I’m obviously not oblivious to Apple vs Android convos and opinions, but I had never been asked that question.

      Our group, BTW, was pretty evenly split. 😅

      • The alternative to that is using Signal, Telegram, or WhatsApp. I didn’t even know it was a thing until I read American news on Apple being it’s regular anti-consumer self.

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      As an European, I always find it funny how iMessage seems to be so prevalent in the US that the “bubble colors” issue is even a thing. Here, almost everyone uses WhatsApp. Better for communication across different device types, probably worse for privacy. But at least no artificial discrimination because apple hates open standards ¯\(ツ)

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        Yeah it’s weird. I mean I use Google Message (RCS) and it has visual differences for conversations that are using RCS vs ones using SMS but I honestly don’t care about the color. I care more about using a modern cross platform standard than falling back to ancient SMS because Apple wants to use a proprietary locked down system at the expense of their user’s experience. WhatsApp might not be bad but no one I know really uses it so I would have to start convincing people to switch. That’s more than a uphill battle. It’s completely futile. The only thing that will change the tide is Apple either opening up iMessage or Apple incorporating RCS into iMessage. I don’t see either happening anytime soon because they simply don’t care about interoperability.

    • @lanolinoil@lemmy.world
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      In the US,I phone is a social status. They’re judging you because it’s like you don’t own a car and just have a unicycle in their minds. What amazing marketing. I’m an Android pixel owner since the beginning and still am. There’s some articles written about it too

    • @Scooter411@lemmy.ml
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      Went back to android with the first pixel. After five different phones (microphones and speakers kept breaking) I went back to iPhone.

      • Jourei
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        Sounds like you had issues exclusively with hardware, perhaps you should’ce gone for a different manufacturer. My personal anecdote has never seen anything break (that I didn’t cause myself).

        • @Scooter411@lemmy.ml
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          I mean, it’s google’s flagship phone. My experience with Samsung in their other products has never been good. Which is why I went back to the product that has always worked for me.

      • anaximander
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        This is the same thing that happens with Windows and Mac. Your issue was hardware; you could have tried any of the other manufacturers who make Android phones. It’s like saying you stick with Mac because you don’t like Dell - there are other hardware brands who use the same operating system.

        • @Scooter411@lemmy.ml
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          As I mentioned elsewhere - this was google’s FLAGSHIP phone. The other big hardware manufacturer for android is Samsung - I’ve had plenty of their products (including a phone) and have not had good experiences.

          As for your other comparison, I actually use Mac because after 7 years my MacBook runs like the day I bought it whereas the 4-year-old Lenovo l have takes about 15 minutes to boot and struggles to open Word.

      • @LostRedditor@lemmy.ml
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        This is why I don’t buy Android.

        The software isn’t optimized enough from smoothness and battery consumption perspective.

        Also, the ROM that’s usually comes from the manufacturer is either spyware, bloated, or just crap. You need technical knowledge and risking bricking your device to install custom ROM.

        The hardware, which is my least concern, depends on the company you buy from.

        My SONY smart tv (with apps disabled) would phone home like ~200 times a minute.

      • Stez
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        I think you just got unlucky most people don’t have anything close to that experience

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          Yeah, conversely my kids use iPhones and they, and their iPods back in the day, are more troublesome than my and my wife’s Androids (Galaxies, Pixels, One+)

          The kids are only on iPhones because they were the smallest form factors for sale at the time. Little kids have little pockets

    • @oscarlavi@lemmy.world
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      I’m not sure but the iPhone bubble colour debate seems so US centric. In the UK, I’ve never heard of anyone bringing it up

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        It is 100% exclusive to iPhone users in the US and it’s so bizarre and ridiculous. Apple has even brainwashed children with this shit to the point that kids are bullied for not having iPhones.

      • @can@sh.itjust.works
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        11 year ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised if teens in Canada felt the same way. Not necessarily the Hubble colour bu indefinitely sense iPhone is a status thing.

    • @PebbleGamer@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      I can see reasons why people would prefer android, e.g. ability to install apps outside of the manufacturer’s App Store, and there are some android models that are cheaper than iPhone (less so since iPhone SE, but still true).

      But the post asks about alternatives for companies that people don’t like. I.e., where it’s the company that has a problem morally. Do people generally think that Google is morally better than Apple? Sure, Apple is anticompetitive about hardware and software access because that’s how they make money, but Google is anticompetitive about data and advertising because that’s how they make their money. I kinda think they’re both bad.

      Hoping I don’t come off as antagonistic here. I’m genuinely curious what people think.

      • @ki77erb@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        I didn’t see anything in the original post about morals. I answered based on the fact that Apple is a company that some people don’t like and Google offers an alternative for some services and products.

        If we’re talking strictly about morals I would have to think of a different answer.

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        I feel like google used to be the good guys relative to apple. They were more open and truly supported open source & standards. But I don’t feel like there’s much difference anymore.

    • @Lucz1848@lemmy.ca
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      11 year ago

      I’m old, and think of my phone as a piece of equipment. In terms of looks, status, and stuff like that, I’m more interested in what protective case to buy.