worfamerryman @ worfamerryman @beehaw.org

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So I shouldn’t buy anything from anywhere again?

Thank you that’s a good point.

That’s a good point. I have 2 Lemmy accounts for that reason.

I’m not in the US. There are no returns in the country where I live.

99% of my contacts are iMessage only. It would be cheaper to just buy a second phone than to pay international calling and sms rates.

I have like 10 chat apps installed for local contacts. It’s just US contacts that don’t understand his to get off iMessage.

Can’t tell if this is a real picture or the sims.

Genuine question.

Why use kbin over Lemmy? I never looked into it much. But it seems to do the same thing but have less support.

I’ve heard of a few but I honestly can’t recall I think maybe link to the past was decompiled. Maybe one of the sonic games.

I used to ai to the regames subreddit which was all about reverse engineering.

I honestly think samsung has the best looking phones by far.

If iMessage game to android, I’d switch to a galaxy in a heartbeat, even with the preinstalled stuff. I figure a lot of that can be removed or at least hidden to an extent.

But if I use google messages, it will be sent as an sms. So suddenly I have to pay for every international text and call made.

I’m from the states, but I do not live there at the moment.

It’s much easier for me to keep iOS instead of trying to convert 100 people to use some other messaging app.

Where I live, no one uses iMessage and I have all the major chat apps installed. So it’s not a problem for me, but even my parents struggled to understand what WhatsApp was and they are decently tech savvy.

If Pixel was available in my country in an official capacity that would be the one I would choose. But if I were in the market for an Android, I would go this route for sure. The bloat is more annoying than anything else.

Plus with a Pixel, its just google snooping. With anyone else, it is google and the oem snooping. It would be nice is google pushed using your phone as a desktop more. It could be their way into the desktop space.

Thanks, I forgot about lower decks having that ending.

Thanks for summarizing this for me. I think I could just use a vpn and librewolf to accomplish what you are talking about with the tor browser.

Librewolf wipes everything once it’s closer and it pretty basic if you use the default settings.

Are people using it to casually browse Lemmy and stuff?

Thanks for the recommendation.

I don’t know anyone who uses google messages and I’m not going to convince the 20 people on my group chat to switch to it since we only catch up a few times per year.

Random acquaintances that I contact a few times per year will also not bother to figure it out as it will just idle 9 months of the year.

It’s just a real roadblock that locked people into the platform.

Well here are a few examples.

I don’t like having Facebook and stuff on the phone. If I want the app, ill download it.

Secondly, I do not want multiple calendar apps and browsers on the phone by default.

I don’t need chrome and the Samsung browser.

I also do not think I need to setup a samsung account and a google account and have backups in both places.

I guess it’s just a little overwhelming.

To answer the iMessage thing.

I’m from the states but live in a different country. It’s the easiest free way to stay in touch with family and friends.

A number of people have been like “just move to X and if they don’t follow, then forget about them.”

But it’s not really realistic to ask all the people I might contact throughout the year to switch to a new app in case I contact them.

So I truly feel locked in because of that.

I’ve hear something similar. I think I read that the US Air Force has a bunch of nodes or something.

Additionally I don’t really understand what I would use it for if I already have a vpn and how it might put me a risk of legal trouble if I’m using it and someone routes something bad through me while I’m using it…

I’m not even sure how to talk about it.

I am decently technical, I just don’t know this tech.

As an iOS user the bloat on android is a huge turnoff for me.

I’d potentially switch to a Samsung if it didn’t have all that stuff pre installed on it.

It may be the second biggest reason I’m sticking with iOS. Of fact, if they got rid of bloat and iMessage was available on Android, I’d jump over in a second.

I’m not an android person, but don’t they offer a pretty bloat free experience and have fair pricing?