New "it's all good" campaign by Google targeted at iPhone users
New "it's all good" campaign by Google targeted at iPhone users
Subsequent 15 sec videos trying to convince iPhone users by focusing on:
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privacy & security (https://piped.video/watch?v=sFpuVW8SR_k), vaguely touts proactive protection without really specifying what it is in the video (they do show a Play Protect scan as an example), but pretty sure they're referring to this: https://www.android.com/safety/security/
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emoji reactions (https://piped.video/watch?v=P0bcpUqEfdM);
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transferring photos (https://piped.video/watch?v=WLhREY3ynrE);
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device compatibility (https://piped.video/watch?v=HE7AklvsG5o), basically shows an example of device pairing.
IMO the examples are pretty basic and vague, not what would win over any iPhone user.
As a long time Android user, stop focusing on Apple and focus on your own damn software and hardware.
21The good part of Android is that you don't need to take Apple's shits. The bad part is that you now have to take a certain amount of Google's shits.
19Well, you can always degoogle an android phone, even without rooting it (adb).
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Isn't it all about the blue bubbles being one of the bigger reasons. I wonder what impact apps like imessage not being tied to hardware would have.
17This is why I like services like beeper bringing iMessage support over to android. I get to use the phone like, but also make my friends happy by not messing up the blue bubbles
10Same. I'm using Beeper on my Pixel for iMessage. I use OneCalender to sync my Apple Calendar with my wife. No reason to use an iPhone. I prefer Android.
8Ya Beeper is awesome. I use it for WhatsApp, because I need it for my landlord, but there's no chance in hell I'm installing WhatsApp on my phone.
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I use android and I will still say I think iOS had an edge when it comes to security. iOS sandbox is far more restrictive of what apps can and can't do. While I disagree with certain restriction others I can see. Keep in mind as far as I am aware android apps can still do things like list every application on the device, and don't get me started on Google Play services
8I think the sandbox itself isn't much better, if at all. Their app store restrictions are MUCH stricter, though, and the privacy controls are actually checked.
Google lets through more crap. Apple's reviewers aren't great (for the developer, at least) but as a user the restrictive store filtering gives Apple a security advantage.
Also: updates. Yes, Samsung now gives five years of security updates, but Google and plenty of other manufacturers have failed to get to that level when iOS receives seven years of updates these days.
Apple's design also has some problems. For example, Safari and iMessage have been deeply integrated into the OS for ages, which led to some zero click exploits that would never be as problematic as they would be on Android.
Most of these issues have since been fixed but there's still a much deeper integration between what I would consider standard apps and the underlying OS.
7Cybersec White Papers haven't ranked an iPhone as the most secure phone in like 5 years.
7I use graphine and put all the spooky apps in my "work" profile and that seems to make me feel safe enough, keep in mind while I would love it if I could convince every single friend to move to FOSS applications I know deep down that would be really hard to do
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If I’m going with Android, it’s going to be a custom ROM without Google services. F-Droid FTW =]
6Very little to do with the iPhone. I don't get it.
5In all of those videos they show someone trying to transfer his stuff from an iPhone
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