Comment by msgodel
Comment by msgodel 3 days ago
I think it's already starting. Apple can't produce anything people just have to have anymore because of the attitude that's causing this. You can see this in their sales numbers.
Comment by msgodel 3 days ago
I think it's already starting. Apple can't produce anything people just have to have anymore because of the attitude that's causing this. You can see this in their sales numbers.
There’s a Weather widget. It doesn’t have ads. There’s a podcast app. It doesn’t have ads. There’s an RSS app. I paid $7.99 for it, once. It doesn’t have ads.
The entire Android ecosystem is built around people not paying for anything ever, where the iOS ecosystem, people pay for things. And honestly, it’s a way nicer experience.
I had an NVIDIA shield. I paid money for it. And then I got a mcdonald’s ad on the homescreen.
My brother's family and my parents all have iPhones and apple devices because the whole apple ecosystem Just Works for them, especially sharing pictures. They're far from tech saavy, and telling them to "just install this on your phone and this on your computer and this other thing on your other computer" is a non-starter.
None of them actually care that they are Apple products or iWhatevers. Most couldn't tell you what the difference is between what they use and windows or android. They just know to go to the apple store to get things that work for them.
I am completely uninterested to going back to the privacy-stealing, ad-infested nightmare that is Android. Besides, what would I even gain? iOS 25 just got live translation in calls and item extraction from screen (not just photos). So what am I missing?