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Google Basically Wants Your iPhone 13 Home Screen to Look Like Android

ElectricPotato said:
I saw this with an uncle (boomer) and a laptop.
Uncle: "I can't find my photos."
Me: "Where did you put them?"
Uncle: "On the computer."

Even after explaining folders, I could tell it didn't really sink in. I don't think Apple should design to this level, but it is a real issue.
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I could understand younger people not knowing what file cabinets are (or library card catalog), but your uncle is from a generation that grew up with those things.

Computer is equivalent to a file cabinet / card catalog
Folders are the file folders you'd put in that file cabinet or the cards inside the card catalog.
Photos are what's inside the file folders or what's written on the catalog cards

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The only Android-like thing I'd like to see on iOS is widgets on the lock screen, like the weather.
 
I'm trying to remember the last time I used any of Google's products...

I think I have Google Maps and Waze installed on my iPhone, but I couldn't tell you the last time I used either of them.

I helped a friend with their Chromebook about a year ago...

Oh, Chrome. I use Chrome every few weeks when I run into a corporate webpage that hasn't been secured properly. Firefox is too strict to let me access it - only Chrome's security settings are weak enough to let the page load. Which is kind of BS... I'd really expect a flag somewhere in about:config to make the pages work with Firefox...
 
As an Android user and fan, I do like the options now available in IOS that it lacked years ago. No issue or stigma from me on who does what first. I like how each brand does completes things in their own way.

ArtOfWarfare said:
I'm trying to remember the last time I used any of Google's products...

I think I have Google Maps and Waze installed on my iPhone, but I couldn't tell you the last time I used either of them.

I helped a friend with their Chromebook about a year ago...

Oh, Chrome. I use Chrome every few weeks when I run into a corporate webpage that hasn't been secured properly. Firefox is too strict to let me access it - only Chrome's security settings are weak enough to let the page load. Which is kind of BS... I'd really expect a flag somewhere in about:config to make the pages work with Firefox...
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Google Maps is my goto for looking up new places. I strongly dislike the hard push to use Yelp to look at photos or other details about a place or venue. Am also highly active in the google review system which I find far superior to the Yelp system.

I guess if I used and had Yelp installed, I would like it better.
 
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Mmmhh, what is wrong with this?.
photos app in Google is better, for example, it does recognize all the persons of whom you have taken photos, while in IOS it has never worked since it was release several years ago, the What’s next widget in IOS was removed, the phone dialed in IOS is a pathetic project that does not allow to correct a missdialed number, Safari is average at most, the frequent sites list is random, it does not allow to zoom on any images of a images search, while Chrome and Esge does, the tabs view is a copy of the other browsers, the calendar app IOS is mediocre, etc. I like the rest of the ecosystem and the consistency of mediocrity of the iOS, that’s what I am still on IOS, but I am not blind, Google is not perfect, but has some stronger products than Apple, by faaaaaaar.
 
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now listen, we don't want you just simply purchasing an android smartphone, ya hear? but do consider bringing "the best of google" to your iphone. whaaat?
 
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Nothing wrong with a company advertising themselves. Some people love Google.
 
zorinlynx said:
Even though this whole thing is kind of sad, I have to give kudos to Google for their Calendar app. It's better than the built in calendar app because it shows you the entire month and the events on one page, written out, rather than just a calendar with dots you have to tap to see what they are.

The month calendar with dots is one of iOS's longest running design flaws, and I wish they'd make it better. It looks great on Mac and iPadOS, and I've submitted Feedback a few years in a row to no avail. I think it's a vestige left over from when iPhones had much smaller screens; that design made sense back then.

Until they fix it, I'll use Google's Calendar app on my phone. It can access local and iCloud calendars just fine, too.
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Almost all of Google's apps are better than Apple. Drive destroys anything Apple offers. Calendar yes. Maps. Photos. Gmail.

Chrome vs Safari is kind of a "whatever" to me. Safari is hurt though as there's no Windows version anymore.

I love Apple hardware and primarily use Google services. Best of both worlds.
 
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Randel.D said:
I don't see the point, but to each their own! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: I see the point in google offering these suggestions. I don't see the point in buying an iPhone if you prefer Android software. I'm sure there is someone out there who thinks this is amazing, and more power to them. You get your android-esque software and I get my blue text bubbles.
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Apple makes the best hardware and Google's apps are better. That's the point of doing it.
 
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Gherkin said:
Almost all of Google's apps are better than Apple. Drive destroys anything Apple offers. Calendar yes. Maps. Photos. Gmail.

Chrome vs Safari is kind of a "whatever" to me. Safari is hurt though as there's no Windows version anymore.

I love Apple hardware and primarily use Google services. Best of both worlds.
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I completely disagree on Photos, because Google Photos lacks something absolutely critical that Apple Photos provides:

The ability to keep a complete local copy of your photos with all adjustments and metadata on your computer, that doesn't depend on servers in the cloud.

Google Photos USED to have this ability, back when it was based on Google Drive; all your photos were in Drive and could be synced to your PC automatically. But they took it away at one point, and now the only way to obtain a copy of all your photos in full quality is to download them individually or use Google Takeout to download the entire library every time.

Google Photos lacks a good local application like Photos.app on the Mac to manage and keep your photos safe; everything is web-based.

If this ever changes and they provide a good local app, I'll update my opinion, but for now Google Photos is a non-starter for me because of this glaring issue.
 
zorinlynx said:
I completely disagree on Photos, because Google Photos lacks something absolutely critical that Apple Photos provides:

The ability to keep a complete local copy of your photos with all adjustments and metadata on your computer, that doesn't depend on servers in the cloud.

Google Photos USED to have this ability, back when it was based on Google Drive; all your photos were in Drive and could be synced to your PC automatically. But they took it away at one point, and now the only way to obtain a copy of all your photos in full quality is to download them individually or use Google Takeout to download the entire library every time.

Google Photos lacks a good local application like Photos.app on the Mac to manage and keep your photos safe; everything is web-based.

If this ever changes and they provide a good local app, I'll update my opinion, but for now Google Photos is a non-starter for me because of this glaring issue.
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I can see that being an issue for some. I don't really care about that though I guess?

I love looking back through all my old photos but I never print them or need them urgently on demand for anything. The whole reason I use Google Photos is so I can have an archive of ALL my smartphone photos and not take up any local storage.
 
When you’re the first in your category, you can essentially pick the most intuitive, appealing design and patent it. That would be iOS. Every other mobile operating system just looks like a cheap imitation to me.
 
Gherkin said:
Apple makes the best hardware and Google's apps are better. That's the point of doing it.
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Apple’s winning hand was its’ excellent hardware, reliable and stable OS and, lastly but most importantly, privacy/security - something which Google does NOT provide (nor advertise). By using CSAM victims as human shields to cover for the proposed inclusion of spyware, Apple has thrown away their key differentiator and now must compete on an even playing field with Google who has clearly superior apps. Sure, the Apple hardware is superior. It looks like iOS 15 may be a good release after the .1 ”fix” version is released, but security? It’s just now been reduced to a marketing phrase and NOT a guiding philosophy. So - make your iPhone look just like Android? Sure - why not? One’s mainly an advertising device and the other is headed towards becoming a spy device. Sad.
 
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