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0 pointskuschku9y ago0 comments

> At least it allows you to tinker with it, as opposed to iOS.

Sadly, that's not true anymore.

On iOS, if you jailbreak, you can still use Apple Pay, and all apps.

On Android, if you root, or modify anything, Android Pay stops working, Snapchat stops working, Pokemon Go stops working, most banking apps stop working, most games stop working.

I've been a supporter of Android since the start, but by now it's just as proprietary as iOS, with more spying and tracking and analytics, and less possibilities to tinker.

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lmm9y ago· 3 in thread

I can install a non-Google-approved app on my phone via the normal phone UI, without having to exploit any kind of bug in the system (I do have to set a checkbox in the settings). That's a very concrete difference.

kuschkuOP9y ago

Is that so much better? You can do the same on iOS now, if you have a mac, by sideloading from the mac.

Android has been losing openness, iOS has been gaining it, they've finally met in the middle with the Android 7 release.

NTripleOne9y ago

>by sideloading from the mac

So not the same, then.

alexpoulsen9y ago

Used to work for a company bug testing their app. We used a service called installr which worked on both devices. On iOS you installed a certificate/profile and on android, it downloaded an apk which then got installed manually. 100% of the time it was easier and quicker on iOS. And this was downloaded from the internet, not a mac.

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