It’s actually what they like about iPhones. They just call it instead “it all works together” as if a tiny bit of convenience is worth 97% of your freedoms
I tried suggesting to my mom and then girlfriend somewhat recently that they’d be happier on android phones. I did that only because they both complained that iPhones keep getting worse.
Just the thought of one or two minor inconveniences shut down the conversation immediately. Shit like “I get texts on my iPad and phone now and it’s easy to respond on either”…??? Beyond insane to me
Yeah the lock in is sad. Apparently it’s really important that airdrop exists even when people only use it to mess with their coworkers. Signal is too much effort to install or learn. Etc etc.
it does take time, as an early google adopter it took until the early 2010s before I’d had enough of their trash and it wasn’t until the late 2010s that I’d fully decoupled from Google, but it’s not like I worked on it for a decade. I worked on it for a few hours, a day or two per year, for a decade. Most of the switching effort is time. (Ok here’s how you reach me now. No mom I don’t use this address I use the other one now just update your contacts. Etc etc)
It’s actually what they like about iPhones. They just call it instead “it all works together” as if a tiny bit of convenience is worth 97% of your freedoms
I tried suggesting to my mom and then girlfriend somewhat recently that they’d be happier on android phones. I did that only because they both complained that iPhones keep getting worse.
Just the thought of one or two minor inconveniences shut down the conversation immediately. Shit like “I get texts on my iPad and phone now and it’s easy to respond on either”…??? Beyond insane to me
Yeah the lock in is sad. Apparently it’s really important that airdrop exists even when people only use it to mess with their coworkers. Signal is too much effort to install or learn. Etc etc.
it does take time, as an early google adopter it took until the early 2010s before I’d had enough of their trash and it wasn’t until the late 2010s that I’d fully decoupled from Google, but it’s not like I worked on it for a decade. I worked on it for a few hours, a day or two per year, for a decade. Most of the switching effort is time. (Ok here’s how you reach me now. No mom I don’t use this address I use the other one now just update your contacts. Etc etc)