I'm curious why you say that, aside from some niche cases like development and online gaming where the Chromium engine beats Webkit (and any Chromium-based browser is fine, it doesn't have to be Google Chrome).
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Google Basically Wants Your iPhone 13 Home Screen to Look Like Android
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I have come across sites that just don’t work in Safari. I also have a few web based services that I use that won’t work in Safari. It’s gotten to the point that if I am having an issue with a page I will try the same page in Chrome or Firefox to get it working. Lately even Amazon has been flaky on Safari on my Mac.
It’s frustrating that a $400 Chrome OS device is more functional than a much more expensive Apple device. That’s on Apple.
What is this sorcery? (You don’t need to answer I’ll go look it up for myself. It’s clearly something I’ve overlooked thus far.)
That was my reaction considering they’re trying to release their new “flagship level” Pixels next month.
While I’m firmly entrenched in the “over my dead body” camp on this, a friend of mine is all in on Google & has been for quite some time. I think his first Apple device is an Apple TV 4K, he then bought his wife an iPad and said he’s tempted after seeing the iPhone 13 camera.
He might actually benefit from this setup.
He might actually benefit from this setup.
Sort of but you’d have to run very few third party apps to get the privacy most people hope for when they choose iOS. I’ve been setting up my 13 Pro as new and redownloading apps that I’ve used for years. Now with the new “privacy nutrition labels” I am being made aware how all of my data that the app can access, including web searches, are siphoned off to Google and Facebook. Facebook has its dirty mitts in so many apps, everything from some weather apps to unit conversion apps. I had no idea.
I appreciate that Apple is giving us a means to know this information now, but honestly it’s a bit like closing the barn door after cow ran off.
The best I can hope for is protecting my kids’ data from getting out there but too many schools require them to sign into various Google services even if they mandate iOS devices.
But for me? My profile is already out there, signed, unsealed and delivered and has been for years.
So there’s this mass group of iPhone users who want to secretly wish they had Android devices?
Really, Google, I got this. If I wanted Android, I would have never left back in 2014.
Really, Google, I got this. If I wanted Android, I would have never left back in 2014.
Safari market share is low enough that many web developers probably don't bother to test their sites in Safari, especially on desktop. That's not on Apple as much as lazy developers, aside from the lack of Safari on other platforms which is on Apple. But sadly I do agree that Safari / Webkit has more bugs than Chromium nowadays, I still prefer it over Brave for general browsing due to battery life / performance reasons though.
Uh, doesn't this poke a hole in the idea that Apple forces users to use only the Apple programs? I mean, Google just basically said "You can replace all the Apple programs with ours!", and gave instructions on how to do that. It's like they handed Apple a gift in all of the antitrust litigation going on.
The reason story: why would you want your iPhone under iOS 14.x/15 to look like Android? 😒
To be honest, with widgets and the App Library, these days iOS looks like Windows Phone 10 years ago, just with rounded corners and a bit more punch color gradients. But the philosophy is 100% catch up.
In my opinion the singular biggest design decision Steve Jobs did was to reserve the rounded rectangle for Apple in 1984. The rounded friendliness is what most often has users perceive UX as positive.
In my opinion the singular biggest design decision Steve Jobs did was to reserve the rounded rectangle for Apple in 1984. The rounded friendliness is what most often has users perceive UX as positive.
This is why we get Android loving scum switching over and then whine about things like sideloading.
mid you like Android. Then just stay in Android, don’t try and infect iOS with your crap.
mid you like Android. Then just stay in Android, don’t try and infect iOS with your crap.
it just sounds a bit pathetic in that sense) like when someone's trying to get you hooked on drugs in middle school
Oh wow okay so I looked at what their blog post actually said and the MR article is misleading. They’re NOT implying people shouldn’t purchase an Android. They’re just addressing the people who already purchased an iPhone and who use their services and letting them know they can use widgets. Edit to add I was completely mistaken in my earlier impression of what they said.it just sounds a bit pathetic in that sense) like when someone's trying to get you hooked on drugs in middle school
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All they did was highlight the fact that Google widgets look better on iOS than they do on Android.
