One of the biggest drawbacks of buying iOS devices is you can’t leave. I swap everything out on my laptop and phones as needed, but on iOS you’re stuck with Apple’s app store, Apple’s operating system, oftentimes Apple hardware, and there’s nothing you can do about it. It simply ends up being so expensive.
They do a great job of integrating devices. As for the App Store, us in the EU will soon be allowed to install alternatives. I think the deadline is the end of March.
One of the biggest drawbacks of buying iOS devices is you can’t leave. I swap everything out on my laptop and phones as needed, but on iOS you’re stuck with Apple’s app store, Apple’s operating system, oftentimes Apple hardware, and there’s nothing you can do about it. It simply ends up being so expensive.
It might feel that way, but people switch from one platform the other all the time.
It’s not impossible, just inconvenient. People nowadays often seem to conflate the two.
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You have a high opinion of the average idiot being able to navigate any of this. These are people that are confused by a two button mouse…
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I work in IT man. The average person is incredibly tech illiterate.
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Unless there are apps you use regularly that cost a lot of money and you don’t want to pay for them again.
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Same said for other ecosystems like windows, android, playstation, Xbox and so on… Not apples fault.
I made a switch to linux recently and some of my paid software works there too.
Most steam games, Matlab. Wine and proton make it possible to run many Windows applications
Not directly. However they sure have learned on how to capitalise on it.
Sure. I’m just explaining why it can be a problem if you want to switch.
They do a great job of integrating devices. As for the App Store, us in the EU will soon be allowed to install alternatives. I think the deadline is the end of March.
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