It also becomes no different than iPhone, so.. what's keeping me to android if they do this? Or hey, maybe I'll commit to de-googling. I have CoMaps, I'm planning to setup nextcloud soon... Hell, I don't even buy anything on Google play anymore since it's so shit, i have no purchases tying me to the OS. Maybe I'll buy a cheap old iPhone so I can finally use imessage with everyone that's been bitching about me and use other tech for everything else.

(I'm not going to iPhone, but the point stands)

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm wondering why I even need a smartphone at this point. I'm tempted to go back to a flip phone.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I guess the next question is, which of those is actually better? If those collect data too, then how do we get out of this damned mess.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

The only reason I still have Android is work apps in required to have that won't work properly without the Play Store. I guess I could carry two phones but I am definitely not that guy.

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 months ago

That is precisely one of my main lines of reasoning; I've thought about this for a long, long time, and I'm switching to Apple iPhone. I'm keeping a Oukitel Titan for Android stuff ((Grayjay)). But I'm getting the 17 Extra Pro Max Plus Plus or whatever for a main.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I left iphone because of a walled garden issue, was thinking about working with my parents off of iphone so I can actually assist with them because I've been off of it for decades.

Instead may be the other direction because at least iOS has a modicum of privacy by at least telling the US government to make their own back doors instead of just licking the boot like google does. I'm not a fan of apple by any stretch of the imagination, but at this point of the falling apart world fuck it, I gotta figure out what the least evil is, even if it's only marginal.