Me being an iOS user and Linux user be like
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My bank has a website I can use to bank through, I dont even need an app.
The whole issue with banking apps must seem strange to people in some countries, and make perfect sense to people in other countries. My whole country rely on a 2FA app made by the banks. It's in every aspect of society. Buying a bus ticket, booking a time for health care, doing taxes, applying for an apartment, signing contracts, all done with the same banking app. Only people with stallmanesque convictions manage without, with lots of effort. So far that app works on e/os/ and GrapheneOS, but not regular desktop Linux.
Oh, that's a terrifying single point of failure.
I agree, and it's run by private companies who could just shut it down or use it in evil ways. Our government is maybe making a state owned solution, but it will take time.
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Banks website works.
My bank uses 2fA where if used in a browser it wants me to scan a QR code on the screen with another app on my phone... I need a very complicated set of mirrors for that to work...
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On the subject of banks, some cuntey banks only provide two options: app and in-person visits. So if you live out of state and the app doesnβt work for you on your version of Android, youβre fucked
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Linux: I run the bank
z/OS: No, you don't.
Linux users sampling self-hosting options
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IOS users hate Windows. Linux users hate Microsoft.
I don't hate Microsoft, I hate nonfree software. I happily use free software developed by Microsoft, eg VSCodium.
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Apple users are the OG Windows haters.
More like the OG "shiny is better" users
All those shiny Apple 2βs, Macintoshs, Quadraβs, LCβs etc. super shiny beige plastic
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You know, over the last few years, I've gained a begrudging respect for Apple. They really care about UX, Ui, build quality, OS efficiency, battery life, and they're even the best value proposition at several price tiers. I main Fedora and GrapheneOS at home, yes, but I enjoy macOS and iOS at work. macOS has some of those key professional applications that haven't made it to Linux yet.
Apple is a pretty easy 2nd place in most areas, 1st for laptops specifically. Windows & ChromeOS can fight for 3rd but they're miles below macOS and Linux.
Yet over here as someone who has used macOS professionally for over a decade, I feel like I'm watching the slow deterioration of the operating system as they ignore the wants and wishes of professional users and make the whole thing more and more like a mobile OS with every update.
And at the same time it feels like the number of bugs and broken features which Apple were historically careful to control are getting worse as they prioritise moving fast over being robust.
They are still outperforming Microsoft in every user-centric metric IMO (and by a long way) but the current trajectory absolutely feels like things are getting worse, not better.
yep, hardware became better. Software became worse
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iOS is just a more UNIX, better designed, Windows. Closed OS of American big tech. If you are choosing between those two masters, go for it. But if you don't want to be a serf to US big tech, or want to get the most out of old hardware, come find FOSS. It's a far healthlier relationship.
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Linux user: "I hate Windows, because it's a proprietary OS that got there through sabotage, goodwill from its user that it got on the honeymoon week of Windows 7, and is actively getting enshittified."
iOS user: "I hate Windows, because the computers it is for don't come with Gorilla Glass put on the screen, often are too heavy, and the installation of applications involve complicated steps, not just using the app store."
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Fuck that ai artist watermark
FTFY
Given Google's current trajectory with Android, I'm not sure the smugness is so warranted unless you either have no phone or you're one of the few that uses a Linux mobile OS. Also, yes I know Android is based on Linux but that isn't stopping Google from locking it down as tightly as iOS
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I feel kinda trapped into iOS. i have a whole ecosystem I've been invested in for ages. Plus if I leave my wife will crucify me. also bought this expensive ass phone and that's it for now.
i have a whole ecosystem Iβve been invested in for ages.
That's precisely why I've been avoiding Apple for decades.
Well yeah that's Apple's whole shtick, making anything only compatible with their own ecosystem with as much lock-in as possible. It's a genuinely drug dealer-like approach, they've even got "the first one's free" with cheap Ipads and Neo.
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I feel kinda trapped into iOS. i have a whole ecosystem Iβve been invested in for ages.
WE FUCKING WARNED YOU
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what does iOS have to do with this, did you mean macOS?
iOS and Windows are not for the same use case, many people use both
That's part of the humor to me. The iOS user chiming into a conversation they didn't need to be a part of.
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I may not like Apple, but I have to admit it's better than anything from Microslop. Low bar, I know.
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If someone tells you they're an iOS user, there's a 99% chance they use Apple products and a 1% chance they're a network admin.
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iOS user here - I hate Microsoft, and have disliked Windows since before XP. Linux is more conducive to my preferences. Surprisingly, so is iOS for how I need/want to use a smartphone.
Windows gives me more control over my machine, but iOS actually works, and gives me the UNIX-like command line. Still sticking with Linux though because it gives me even more control.
I think you mean to say macOS. iOS is the mobile OS and doesn't have CLI (by default).
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