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Moving on from iOS

dk001

dk001

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Been an iOS user, developer (years past), tester, reviewer, etc…. Have used a MBP and an iPad. AW user also.

With the dissatisfaction I have been experiencing over the past few years, I have sold my last iPhone and am selling my AWU. Gifted my MBP. Keeping my iPad Pro 11 (M4). Still the best, IMO, tablet for me. Consumption 😂.

What got me there …
I took a hard look at my workstream and personal use and found that Windows, Linux, and Android fit my use case far better.
I use a Pixel 9 Pro Fold for work. Gives me a phone and tablet all in one. I accomplish more and with less effort than my 15 ProMax.
For work laptop I use Windows and Linux.

Personal use is a bit different. I do contract work (ERP) on a part time basis and my last MacOS customer has retired. My other customers use Windows. Not adding new customers as I will retire in a very few years.
For a personal phone I am currently using a Galaxy S25Plus. My personal laptop is a Galaxy Book. My watch, when I wear one, is a Garmin Epix.

Then add in AI. It has its use cases and for the most part has replaced Google Assistant (using Gemini and Grok). Apple really dropped the ball here.

End of the day, Apple no longer fits my needs. If anyone has any questions on transitioning out of the Apple ecosystem, ask. I’ll still be around as a couple of things here (photos) still are very interesting.
 
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Congratulations. I just did something similar with Microsoft. I finally got rid of my last vestiges of MS after cutting over to Mac in 2015 by getting rid of Office. Libre Office works just fine and doesn’t require that I use their cloud. I’m going to stick with Apple for a while because of the infrastructure and security. Eventually I will move to a desktop Linux distro though.. Apple hasn’t pissed me off enough yet and I’m fundamentally lazy.
 
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Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
Congratulations. I just did something similar with Microsoft. I finally got rid of my last vestiges of MS after cutting over to Mac in 2015 by getting rid of Office. Libre Office works just fine and doesn’t require that I use their cloud. I’m going to stick with Apple for a while because of the infrastructure and security. Eventually I will move to a desktop Linux distro though.. Apple hasn’t pissed me off enough yet and I’m fundamentally lazy.
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My challenge is work is almost ALL MS. Best of luck :)
 
I know the feeling. I have 3 windows monitors in front of me now.. most of my work is on Linux but the clients use windows and I air gap though a windows client.
 
Jealous of those who can go Linux. I've been a Windows gamer since the 90s and the Mac never appealed to me. But I would consider Linux if there was better Bazzite/SteamOS support for desktop PCs. As I understand it, I can't get fan control or HDR in SteamOS right now. And I have zero idea what kind of performance I would get out of my 4080 in Linux.

I have a friend who I do app testing for on iOS and Android, so I always have a foot in both worlds. I rock an iPhone and a Pixel. But since eSIM became a thing, I don't have a SIM in the Pixel. (Mint will charge you $3 to switch back and forth after the first couple times a year and that gets old real fast.) Looking forward to comparing the upcoming rumored Pixel Sense stuff to the very delayed Siri Apple Intelligence later this year. Might get me to do a more permanent SIM swap.

For tablets I still go iPad. With Android getting better and better with larger screens (thanks to folding phones mostly), I might try an Android tablet again next time I have some spare cash.
 
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Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
I had a Samsung tablet when I had a droid. Didn’t really find it all that useful. Then again, that was well over 15 years ago.
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It wasn't that long ago, was it? The Motorola Xoom was 2011 (Android Honeycomb). I worked at a Verizon Wireless back then and got one for free and still didn't want to use it.
 
HouseLannister said:
Jealous of those who can go Linux. I've been a Windows gamer since the 90s and the Mac never appealed to me. But I would consider Linux if there was better Bazzite/SteamOS support for desktop PCs. As I understand it, I can't get fan control or HDR in SteamOS right now. And I have zero idea what kind of performance I would get out of my 4080 in Linux.

I have a friend who I do app testing for on iOS and Android, so I always have a foot in both worlds. I rock an iPhone and a Pixel. But since eSIM became a thing, I don't have a SIM in the Pixel. (Mint will charge you $3 to switch back and forth after the first couple times a year and that gets old real fast.) Looking forward to comparing the upcoming rumored Pixel Sense stuff to the very delayed Siri Apple Intelligence later this year. Might get me to do a more permanent SIM swap.

For tablets I still go iPad. With Android getting better and better with larger screens (thanks to folding phones mostly), I might try an Android tablet again next time I have some spare cash.
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macOS is literally Unix if you want linux so bad why not just use macOS so you get professionally developed unix instead of dealing with linux and its hodgepodge amateur hour developers that make a mess every so often and everything is a massive PITA to maintain.
 
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Hajj.david said:
macOS is literally Unix if you want linux so bad why not just use macOS so you get professionally developed unix instead of dealing with linux and its hodgepodge amateur hour developers that make a mess every so often and everything is a massive PITA to maintain.
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Nailed it.

Just spent 2 years trying to get something trivial fixed in a Linux distribution to no avail.

There is of course FreeBSD still.
 
Been using Linux for a number of years now, no regrets. With all that has gone on with Apple AI, useless updates for eye candy, etc. my iPhone 15+ is my last IOS device and I will go Android on the next phone. I will keep my iPad M4 Pro, hard to give it up to be honest.
 
cjsuk said:
Nailed it.

Just spent 2 years trying to get something trivial fixed in a Linux distribution to no avail.

There is of course FreeBSD still.
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Lack of information there. What distribution, what needed fixing, are you a developer, were your needs specific to only you?
 
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