09-15-2025, 12:41 PM
(09-15-2025, 01:44 AM)Gary2003 Wrote: I started researching seriously. I thought that sooner or later, I would probably have to switch to the iPhone, which today seems more respectful of privacy than Android smartphones.
apple and privacy .... may i laugh for 2 days!
maybe apple doesn't leak data to third parties like ads, but data is used in-doors. apple collects data like others.
and personally i think android might be better than ios in case of privacy, although it is complicated. maybe average stock android without modifications is worse than ios. but android could be debloated, although difficult. installing custom image is better way to go, although only on some devices.
where apple is definitely worse than alphabet inc and android manufactures, is lack of user control. apple controls roughly everything in their devices from bootloader to apps. in the longer run, if user doesn't have control over their devices, can they have privacy either. privacy might be just apple's empty promise and totally up to apple to keep it.
(09-15-2025, 01:44 AM)Gary2003 Wrote: When I see that today not all TVs run Android, there is Tizen, Titan OS, etc., I hope there will be something on the smartphone side as well, and especially with RISC-V, I hope that won’t take too long and that there will be change... Maybe at that time there will be a new PinePhone...
what i know, pretty much all smartTVs are bad. it is added close source components which are doing nasty stuff.
(09-15-2025, 01:44 AM)Gary2003 Wrote: That’s also why I wondered if I wouldn’t be better off with a mobile phone with a physical keyboard. It might be more complicated to write messages, but at least I would limit expenses and keep a simpler device.
let's just say that i'm more concerned about underlying operating system than some physical stuff like keyboard.
