Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document

Hank Rogers wrote on Fri, 17 May 2024 17:04:49 -0500 :

Even if nobody is using them...

 
Both phones suffer from the shitty and non-user replaceable batteries.
Glued together.

This is true but at least 5% of Android models still have them.
While 0% of Apple models ever had user-replaceable batteries.

And the software that drops support after a few years.

The full software support for Android is far better than iOS for a variety
of reasons which the Apple zealots would never be able to comprehend.

For example, apple zealots are completely ignorant that all Android phones
(4.4 & above) are updated monthly completely seamlessly over the Internet.

<https://www.androidheadlines.com/2022/01/google-monthly-changelog-play-system-updates.html>
  "Google System updates, meanwhile, are fully automated. Originally
   referred to as Project Mainline, these updates fix bugs discovered
   in various OS components like device connectivity, location services,
   media services, Emergency alerts, and others."

Google & Samsung phones have 7 years of multi-update full support.
 *Samsung Extends Android and Security Updates to 7 Years*
 <https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsung-extends-android-and-security-updates-to-7-years/>
 "Samsung phones now come backed with seven years' worth of
  security updates and seven generations of OS upgrades."

 *Google just put Apple and Samsung on notice - 7 years of software updates*
 <https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/google-pixel-8-software-updates>
 "That support covers everything, including full Android updates,
  the regular Pixel feature drops and security updates."

Apple only fully supports one release and one release alone.
 <https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/about-software-updates-depc4c80847a/>

Which is partially why iPhones have more than 1-1/2 times known exploits!
 <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>

The other part is by all accounts, Apple has the worst QA in the
industry, which was easily proven by Google's Project Zero analysis.

Both are shitty chinese disposable devices. Pure crap.

This is mostly true, as they are 'shitty disposable devices', but some are
built in India and others in South Korea... not sure about the rest.
 

Both are the result of pure greed.

The profit margins on Apple devices are extremely high (around 50%) so
there's less greed (but only due to competition) in Android pricing.

For example, my phone was free (I only had to pay the tax) and T-Mobile
replaced it twice for free (it's my third one) because I broke it twice.

At least apple has a thriving cult.

I always wondered why Apple has that thriving cult, and I'm only slowly
realizing the Apple users are herd animals who can't think on their own.