Well it’s not something I’d go for but it’s good that it exists, not everyone gets on with iPhones or vice Vera’s so having an efficient way of switching things over can only be a good thing for those who need it
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Google Launches 'Switch to Android' iOS App to Attract iPhone Users
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I don't know if I'd say "attract" switchers as much as "remove friction from" switching.
It's a small difference, but important. A person using this has already made their decision to switch.
It's a small difference, but important. A person using this has already made their decision to switch.
I see, people just somehow prefer their data to be controlled by Apple rather than by Google. Either company still owns you top to bottom either way. I see no difference here.
The app itself? Idk. Never owned an android device. But nice for Google to try to lure people into android system. And I’d say for average people, this app might be enough of a push to make it happen.
The app itself? Idk. Never owned an android device. But nice for Google to try to lure people into android system. And I’d say for average people, this app might be enough of a push to make it happen.
Wish Heinz luck getting their beans on the shelves in Asda if they did that........
This has been a good thread, even though I'm an Android guy.
For the news posts here on MR, there are always problems! Apple gets much of them fixed (some in due time), but for a $1 trillion company where their products are still going by the "it just works" mantra, doesn't seem like that these days. I will confess one reason I've stuck with Android was also "it just works". Handful of minor issues. A major one was two LG G4 phones where the camera ended up going out (seemed to be hardware related, as 3rd party cameras also produced blurry viewfinder images). FWIW, those phones were 4 years old. Got my first one for $200, and the 2nd one for only $100.
YMMV. Early on, it was rough. I didn't even bother to migrate stuff from my Galaxy s2 (running android 2.3.6). Ditto with coming from android 4.x. IIRC, sometime between android 4.x and 6 to 7.x was when you didn't need to root your phones to easily enable that. When I went from an LG G4 to my Pixel 4A, it came with a small cable to hook up the 2 phones together. Software in the Pixel let you tap on a button to transfer most of everything over. Includes contacts, multimedia you had on the old phone (my LG G4 had a micro SD card. It transferred all of its contents into its own folder on the phone since the P4A doesn't have an micro SD card slot!), apps, and the settings/save data from those apps (so all of my progress from games transferred over).
I like options and not forced into on garden or the other. More options is more enjoyable.
lol both Android and iOS are based off of old operation systems from the 70's lol. Do some research lol
The saying is: “You can polish a turd, but it’s still a turd.”Actually, Mythbusters disproved that and actually polished a turd.
I am actually looking forward for Android to get better (I doubt it will like Windows never did).
The reason being I do not like 1 company controlling anything , in addition news about CSAM and privacy concerns including news I just heard that Apple wants to turn from selling you a device into licensing you a device (uncofirmed by me) makes me want another good option to exist to escape if it ever happens.
Also Android is the base that privacy oriented mobile OS like Graphene and Calyx built on.
The reason being I do not like 1 company controlling anything , in addition news about CSAM and privacy concerns including news I just heard that Apple wants to turn from selling you a device into licensing you a device (uncofirmed by me) makes me want another good option to exist to escape if it ever happens.
Also Android is the base that privacy oriented mobile OS like Graphene and Calyx built on.
I used IOS through the IPhone 6. Switched to Android 7 with a Samsung S7. Now on a Note 8 with Android 9. I'll get a new phone this year although I'm not hearing great things about Android 12. All I have to say is I don't know what all these people are talking about the trash that is Android. The most problem I had making the switch was learning a new system and getting my Macbook Pro and my wife's Iphone to sync calendars, and emails. All of that works fine now.
BREAKING: Google has launch 5 other "switch to android" apps... they aren't compatible with each other and will be killed at random times with little explanation.. you know, just like their Messaging apps.
Because I don’t like all my browsing activity going through Apple Servers. That and the fact that I have an actual VPN, so it seems a bit redundant
But good Apple fanboy behavior - “you don’t like something Apple provides, you don’t understand. God forbid you choose to not use or enjoy something Apple offers”. Btw, I also would never but either an iPad or a Mac, as I prefer a Surface device.
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At the risk of sounding like a noob, aren't both Android and iOS based ultimately on UNIX, but with customisation and GUI's added?
Android uses Linux, which is a clone of Unix. And iOS uses XNU/Darwin, which derives some stuff from BSD, which is one of the early Unixes.
So yes.
But also, nah. It’s like saying a 2022 internal combustion engine SUV is “based off of” the Carl Benz’s work. Kind of, but you’re skipping both a ton of evolution and also many other components. Unix of the 1970s didn’t have a GUI, much less a touch interface, or virtually anything else you’d commonly use today. Nor did it come with apps like a web browser (the web didn’t yet exist).
It’s reductive and silly. A bike is much more than the invention of the wheel, and iOS and Android are much more than Unix of the 1970s.
I had an S7 and some previous Androids before that. Found the experience to be clunky, and with unexplained random power draws that would wipe out my battery. So I switched to an iphone XR which I am still using as my only phone to this day. I would have gone through multiple Androids by now.
I also switched my husband over from Android to Apple too at the same time, and while he is rough on phones and on his second one now, he turned to me the other day and said switching him over was one of the best things I ever have done. He absolutely loves his iphone. And so do I. It’s just so much better for both of us.
It's funny how we all have different experiences and expectation. My wife is still on her IPhone and has no reason to change. I found the S7 edge that I had to be clunky and with some stutter. I bought it used. My Note 8 has been my favorite phone with the exception of my IPhone 5. going on 5 years and to me, it still runs pretty smooth. Battery, of course, is getting a little tired.
Sounds like an Android device+launcher+OS/Skin issue. Even Android apps have issues with compatibility from device model to manufacturer.
On Android the OSs and customization from manufacturers skins/UI is it’s best pull yet failing seem less compatibility is it’s WORST Achilles heel.
And yet each of these messaging apps has an active user base several times the size of any apple messaging app, for a product where the utility is derived almost entirely by breadth of network.
I prefer Apple's ecosystem, but I know people using other operating systems who use password managers to much the same effect as keychain. Surely by now somebody has something comparable to keychain for Android (of course I say this confidently without actually knowing.
).The reality is don’t trust 3rd party password managers with security like I do with apple