I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don’t like but has an alternative?

  • Scooter411@lemmy.ml
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    Went back to android with the first pixel. After five different phones (microphones and speakers kept breaking) I went back to iPhone.

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      This is the same thing that happens with Windows and Mac. Your issue was hardware; you could have tried any of the other manufacturers who make Android phones. It’s like saying you stick with Mac because you don’t like Dell - there are other hardware brands who use the same operating system.

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        1 year ago

        As I mentioned elsewhere - this was google’s FLAGSHIP phone. The other big hardware manufacturer for android is Samsung - I’ve had plenty of their products (including a phone) and have not had good experiences.

        As for your other comparison, I actually use Mac because after 7 years my MacBook runs like the day I bought it whereas the 4-year-old Lenovo l have takes about 15 minutes to boot and struggles to open Word.

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      Sounds like you had issues exclusively with hardware, perhaps you should’ce gone for a different manufacturer. My personal anecdote has never seen anything break (that I didn’t cause myself).

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        I mean, it’s google’s flagship phone. My experience with Samsung in their other products has never been good. Which is why I went back to the product that has always worked for me.

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      This is why I don’t buy Android.

      The software isn’t optimized enough from smoothness and battery consumption perspective.

      Also, the ROM that’s usually comes from the manufacturer is either spyware, bloated, or just crap. You need technical knowledge and risking bricking your device to install custom ROM.

      The hardware, which is my least concern, depends on the company you buy from.

      My SONY smart tv (with apps disabled) would phone home like ~200 times a minute.

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        Fellow Sony Smart tv owner here. Whatever that google tv os thing is, it phones home like crazy. And with my Pihole enabled on the network some of the tv functionality doesn’t work. I just banned it’s MAC address from my network at the router and don’t use it’s “smart” features.

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          I did use pihole to block it. Sadly, not everyone have the technical knowledge to do so.

          That’s why I’d recommend apple products even though they’re not that great.

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            Aside from firmware updates, I don’t know why anyone uses smart tv apps. 99% of the time they are terrible and buggy. Get an apple tv or shield, or even a fire stick. I’d love to find some kind of private tv device (at least the device itself, I know the apps are the data siphons) if anyone has suggestions.

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        Yeah, conversely my kids use iPhones and they, and their iPods back in the day, are more troublesome than my and my wife’s Androids (Galaxies, Pixels, One+)

        The kids are only on iPhones because they were the smallest form factors for sale at the time. Little kids have little pockets