Same with TV cracking stuff I've seen even when I don't own a TV, because there's a high chance the things I hate about TVs will be coming to monitors next and those I do use, so I assume I'll need as many starting reference points as possible

From some family member or otherwise who is already in the ecosystem, to the potential of GrapheneOS not surviving Google's hostility and ending up in the same exact shoes as Apple users

In 2-3 years a post like this could be buried in age and forgotten with the people who used to talk about it jaded by indifference or opposition and significantly fewer

Plenty of things I used to be extremely enthusiastic about that I just don't bother with any more because of those kinds of interactions

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago

Nope. Setting up an ad-blocking DNS server, or installing a web browser with an ad blocker, is as easy (and free) on iOS as it is on Android.

Look up instructions for Mullvad DNS or NextDNS.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

How do I install those on my iPhone? /s

...I can't? You're saying I have to throw a thousand bucks at Google first? Sorry, I don't have that. I live like this? Working for a living and most of my money going to pay bills? Yep. Can't imagine what it's like to not worry about money.

But really dude, money is a lot easier to spend when it's hypothetical or somebody else's.

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They're under no obligation to support your phone.

And this tribalism isn't a good look for anybody. Just use what makes you happy. Or what you can afford. Or what you have. There's no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

[–] katze@lemmy.4d2.org 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They’re under no obligation to support your phone.

Apple is under no obligation to support your phone.

There’s no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

It's more like being astounished that someone would choose an option that is clearly inferior when a better alternative exists. Like choosing reddit over lemmy.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

So when you saw a phone made by an advertising company and a phone by a computer company, you chose to support the advertising company because you could wipe the phone, void the warranty, and install custom firmware with no guarantees? Wild. Cool, but wild.

I used Android phones for a while when I couldn't get an iPhone because of where I lived. But when I could get an iPhone, I got one and never looked back. I also have an older Android phone and it does a couple things my iPhone doesn't. It's smaller, it's lighter, it has a better keyboard, it has Firefox with uBlock Origin, it has an SD card in it with like 55GB of music... oh and it's Animal Crossing themed inside and out because why not, because you can do that with Android. It doesn't have cell service though. Not that I'd mind using it as my main.

But anyway, I'd rather have a phone by a computer company than an advertising company. I get why people like Android. I like Android. But this tribalism is weird. Do you bully people for their phone use IRL? Does anyone take you seriously? I bet not. I bet you just act big on the Internet. Does anyone even take you seriously online? Like the Jurassic Park meme. "Look, a bully on the Internet!" *gestures at everyone* "See? No one cares."