I used to love Android but I want to move, and I don't know if it's the right thing. - eviltoast

I was an iOS supporter until iphone 5 then I discovered the beauty and freedom of Android.

To this day with Samsung s22+

But currently I am a bit tired, there is no android phone that I am passionate about, oneplus has given me nothing but problems, Samsung with exynos is a disaster (not to mention the new blockages at sideload and the green stripes on the display), I don’t even want to go near all the other Chinese brands, and Nothing is not what it promised to be.

I want to go back to iOS but there are a few things holding me back:

  • how can sideload be managed on iOS? Are there modified apps like youtube, reddit?

  • I follow a lot of NSFW channels on telegram, discord and reddit itself, are there any problems on iOS? are there ways around this? (my girlfriend has iOS, and every time I want to forward an nsfw gif she doesn’t see it)

  • surf the sea, is it complex on ios? Especially in terms of gaming?

TBH only yt, nsfw and modded apk keep me on android. Thanks a lot in advance

  • YourPrivatHater@ani.socialEnglish
    85·
    3 months ago

    You just keep buying the wrong phones, Samsung is shit and the China companies steal all your data. Try Pixel, nothing but good experience with them and if you want another OS there is GrapheneOS for the Pixels. IOS is a closed system and definitely The worst for piracy and privacy, even though they want to sell you their stuff with “privacy” in mind (its better than chines phones though)

    • holgersson@lemm.eeEnglish
      292·
      3 months ago

      Chinese companies steal your data

      Try Pixel

      lol

      Putting GrapheneOS on the Pixel is good advice though

      • YourPrivatHater@ani.socialEnglish
        102·
        3 months ago

        Contrary to popular belief, pixels are surprisingly private, more than Samsungs or the China phones at least. Google will still try to up sell it, but they do on all Android devices.

      • grandma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        Pixels are arguably the most private android since you only get Google tracking. With other androids you get Google tracking on top of all the other tracking

            • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fiEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              You can basically disable most Google tracking though a good DNS that blocks that traffic.

              So only most but not all. Therefore it’s not private if there’s any tracking. Thus a de-googled version is the only option.

              • YourPrivatHater@ani.socialEnglish
                11·
                3 months ago

                You won’t get rid of google tracking you on Youtube or Gmail, because thats literally part of how it works. If you don’t use Google apps, the Android itself won’t do shit. But that’s basically what de-Googled means so yeah obviously.

                • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fiEnglish
                  2·
                  3 months ago

                  You won’t get rid of google tracking you on Youtube or Gmail,

                  For gmail that’s true (one should use something else anyhow). For youtube you can use an alternative frontend like NewPipe to avoid tracking.

                  If you care about privacy you should use a trustworthy paid email. They even aren’t that expensive. You can get them as low as 1 € / month.

            • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fiEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              Have you checked the source code that they actually respect private dns setting for their tracking? Or otherwise verified that no traffic goes to google tracking servers?

              • YourPrivatHater@ani.socialEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                Since i see the tracking domains being blocked in my protocol yes i can say that, also, i can see the stuff going through my network, nothing there.