I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn’t Android’s fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

  • velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, I also don’t like Android. But well, Linux phones are still lagging behind, which is a shame, or else I would have gone for one.

      • pixelscript@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        In a rather unorthodox way, yes.

        Android is one of those rare examples of a Linux kernel not being paired with GNU tools. I believe Android wrote their own versions of all the tools they wanted.

        The kernel is also extremely locked down by default. They very intentionally designed the OS in such a way that every facet of the kernel is kept abstracted away from you. It’s about as black-boxed as you can get, to the point where the fact that it’s Linux underneath is almost meaningless.

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing

    Ha ha ha in one single country full of narcissistic idiots

    😂

    I promise it’s not a thing, mate

    • Ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Well considering here in Czechia (the country that’s 90% “middle of fucking nowhere”) it’s scary that a third of active phones are iPhones, how does anyone except the people living in big cities afford this shit? People around me are getting iPhones, but it’s always like 4-5 year old 11s and 12s, literally the shittiest investment you can do

      Also can’t wait in a couple of years when this number will probably go up and iMessage will take over any other messaging app

    • thorbot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah nobody actually gives a shit about that except zoomers and news stations pretending like it’s a thing

      • sleep_deprived@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Even as an (older) zoomer in the US, this was never a thing for me. No one cared what phone you used. If you had an Android you wouldn’t be in iMessage group chats but no one judged you for it.