Fuck Apple.
No like genuinely fuck Apple.
They are an absolutely awful company who think they are above the law and regulations. Like y'all know how the current generation of iPhones (the 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max) finally dropped Apple's proprietary Lighting connector in favor of USB-C? Well they did that thanks to the European Union and y'all really gotta understand how much Apple had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making this change: there's a whole ass video with a MEP (Member of the European Parliament) talking about how Apple was laughing at them and threatening them and they refused to meet with them in their actual meeting room, so they made the EU representatives meet with Apple representatives in their friggin
cafeteria. And then when the EU passed the legislation mandating USB-C on all devices, Apple tried to make specifically Apple-spec USB-C cables for the iPhone (they wouldn't be able to stop people from buying and using non-Apple spec USB-C cables on the iPhone but, if you did, you'd get slower speeds when using it VS using an Apple-approved cable) But then the EU pushed back against this and Apple finally did what they should have been doing all along.
Don't believe me about these claims?
(Sorry that the video is on the Linus Tech Tips subreddit considering the whole LTT controversy, it's the only place I could find the video on short notice)
Other things too, Apple now allowing sideloading, alternate app stores, and web browsers that
aren't just using WebKit (meaning every web browser on iOS is functionally just a reskinned version of Safari)? Yeah, Apple is doing that thanks to EU mandates too, although unlike the USB-C thing, this is exclusive to the EU (since they weren't exactly going to manufacture USB-C iPhones
only for the EU market). But once again, they had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this. (But even then they are still doing the bare minimum by reviewing and approving each app that can be sideloaded because they still wanna control shit)
But even with them now allowing sideloading and alternate app stores in the EU, they still love to fearmonger this shit. Constantly talking about how there's a hightened risk of malware, fraud, scams, and other harmful content when you sideload. And Apple stans love to eat that up and spread FUD themselves about how awful sideloading is and how 'Android already exists, just use Android if you want to sideload' (even though the obvious counter is 'If you buy a device,
you should be allowed to do what you want with it') And really, if sideloading is such an 'awful' thing, why aren't you constantly reading about issues Android users have when they sideload apps? Or what about desktop OSes? Literally both Windows and MacOS have their own app stores (the Microsoft Store on Windows and the Mac App Store on MacOS) and yet you're not limited to using those and you can download and run programs from outside those app stores and yet you don't see anyone acting like you're in danger when you do this. Because there is no inherent danger to sideloading, it's just Apple fearmongering.
I could go on and on with how fucking
awful Apple is and how much they think they are above everyone else and want to absolutely maintain control of their platform and destroy their competition but I think you get the point.
And I'm not fan of Google either, I fucking hate Google too. I think Google is an absolutely evil company too, but here's the thing: Android is open source, there are a number of alternative Android distros you can use that do not have any Google services if you want to get away from Google and them spying on your data. Want to have a de-Appled version of iOS? Tough shit.
Unless maybe it has a lot of features that are better than Apple? If so I'm interested in hearing about them. I might change my vote.