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.

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    As an Android user, Android phones with Google Play Services are no better - in fact I’d say they’re probably worse

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      No at least you can side loade and install other app stores out of the box with android. It`s far from perfect but still way better.

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        News flash, you can do that on iOS too.

        Edit: downvote away, my custom apps on my iPhone run great without jail breaking. Love all the wrong info on Lemmy. Good stuff.

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            Nope. You can install any app with developer license. You can also jailbreak. Don’t bother replying to this comment, I’ve read enough brain dead replies already.

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              Which costs an additional $100/yr for something that’s free on any other platform.

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              With developer license

              Doesn’t seem fair to pay for the luxury of being able to install your own software

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            Okay! You’re wrong but that’s alright. I’m running custom apps on my device without jailbreaking.

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          Yeah, the customs apps, for which you pay a developer license for. Which need to be reinstalled every so often because Apple doesn’t want you to use apps like that.

          They run so great though /s