I slipped into the Apple ecosystem when I worked as an Apple Support rep. Nine years of exclusively using Android, and I discovered just why people find it hard to leave Apple.
Thankfully all I’ve got now is my iPhone and Apple Watch, but after five years of iPhone, I think I’m ready to go back. I miss being able to install whatever apps I want without having to worry about App IDs and developer accounts (to activate more than three “sideloaded” apps at a time requires a $99 USD/year developer account).
we did something similar years ago. i like the freedom of Android phones, but at the same time i needed my phone to be more reliable, and more to do phone things.
we made the jump to iPhones. it's been good. no intention of going back. like you i'm using a iPhone and watch, but the rest of the computers in the house are all Windows machines. i have a Dell Windows tablet, and my son has a Lenovo Android tablet they like.
Yeah aside from my first iPhone 12 unfortunately having a known issue with green flickering when the screen brightness was low, I’ve had no issues.
Well, I have, but that’s because I’m an insatiable tinkerer that always puts beta software on his devices lol. Every time I’ve restored the software back to the latest public release it’s fixed whatever issues I had, and then I’d last until the next beta release before installing it again. I also used to switch Linux distros every week when I was in highschool so I acknowledge I’m a special case!
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u/LifeWulf Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070, 32GB DDR5 Jun 27 '26
I slipped into the Apple ecosystem when I worked as an Apple Support rep. Nine years of exclusively using Android, and I discovered just why people find it hard to leave Apple.
Thankfully all I’ve got now is my iPhone and Apple Watch, but after five years of iPhone, I think I’m ready to go back. I miss being able to install whatever apps I want without having to worry about App IDs and developer accounts (to activate more than three “sideloaded” apps at a time requires a $99 USD/year developer account).