The latest US market share report shows the Android/iOS war might be over here. But salvation could come from an unlikely source.

TL;DR: Apple dominates the US smartphone market, but EU regulations may offer Android a chance for resurgence by enforcing messaging interoperability and standardizing hardware features.

  • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
    608·
    1 year ago

    Said like someone who can’t afford an iPhone…

    Just kidding, I use Samsung myself. It’s crazy how easy it is to brainwash Americans into worshiping their corporate gods. Couple of good ads and they will die for their brand or choice.

    • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      1 year ago

      My wife was bullied into getting an iPhone because of her colleagues, and they were buy one get one free, so now I have one too.

      It’s a phone, I’m happy

      • henfredemars@lemdro.idEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        People get so hostile over such things. I have an iPhone for business. I have a Pixel for my personal use. They’re alright. It depends on what you need. Still a smartphone enthusiast.

      • steltekEnglish
        62·
        1 year ago

        Ugh, sounds like some of my coworkers and MacBooks. Then you discover that MacBooks are seriously crippled compared to the Linux machine you were using and you get told one of:

        1. “What do you mean by $feature? I’ve never heard of that.”
        2. “Why would you want to do that?”
        3. Run a badly performing Linux VM in a janky hypervisor to do that
        4. Pay $10 for this little 3rd party app to fix the problem

        Throw in some serious RSI pain from that tire fire of a keyboard and yeah, I have no idea why I switched.

        Edit: Work machine. No way I’d pay for Apple with my own money.

        • BoredomAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          I’m stuck working on a MacBook too and it’s horrendous. I plug it into a monitor and use a good keyboard, but it’ll never be useful as a portable computer with that garbage keyboard

          • Alonely0 🦀@mastodon.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            @BoredomAddict @steltek And it’s a shame because the apple silicon chips are awesome in terms of efficiency, their speakers are as good as it gets on a laptop and they’re super super well built. Not to say that they run linux well enough for it to be usable as a daily driver. But that keyboard and that trackpad… I’d replace them with my Thinkpad’s in a heartbeat.

          • steltekEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Using more than one monitor was the first “Why would you want to do that?” moment. Window management on Macs is awful but adding screens makes it way worse. Coming from i3 and sway, with rich hotkeys and fast, straightforward window manipulation, it felt like someone forgot to finish writing the OS. It seems most people use only the laptop screen or have a single external monitor as an auxiliary? They just genuinely didn’t know why or how you use multiple monitors.

            Tiling in macOS can be polyfilled with apps but there are tons of edge cases where it fails and the app’s hotkeys don’t flow well from the a handful of native keys, so it feels disjoint and bodged together. Also, if you “bump” a window, it’ll stay dislodged because it’s a poor mimicry of the real thing.

            • roneyxcx@lemdro.idEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              What are these edge cases you are talking about? I been using Rectangle for many years and have no issues with multi-monitor setup. My company with over 2000+ devs use this app without any issues.

              • steltekEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                Amethyst. Focusing on empty workspaces makes everything stop working. Certain window types (dialog popups, arguably that app shouldn’t be using popups) are “invisible” to it. System preferences is untouchable (fair) and shows up under all other active windows.