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[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 week ago (27 children)

Switching from apple is like breaking out of prison.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 16 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Real question, what things on Apple were so restrictive that you think it’s a prison?

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (9 children)

My only apple device was an iPod and it was the most cumbersome thing ever. Trying to put music on it on my own laptop was impossible as iTunes wouldn't install. So I'd need to use someone else's computer which would default to synchronizing their library with my device. So all my loser video game soundtracks will be on someone else's device or their american sex music will be on mine. And those 33 pin or whatever Proprietary Cables broke if you breathed on it. Adding music was the closest thing to pulling teeth without actually pulling teeth.

Getting an Android phone instead of an iPhone was literally like breaking free. I can manage my own files directly on the device. I can download apps from anywhere. I can download music without proprietary software and expensive fragile cables. Oh, right, and I can charge it with the same cable my old brick phone used, the one that came with my portable charger, and one that powered my USB fan. A Standard Cable. Ffs.

[–] shapesandstuff 17 points 1 week ago

American sex music

Lmao

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