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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The only answer is money at that point. I don't know how much phones are these days, but aren't iPhones like $1400, but Android is like $900?

I may be wrong though. Last time I bought a phone was 2018, and it was $600. Still using it.

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You can get Android phones with reasonable specs around $200. No need for the so called "flagships".

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, I was comparing flagships, because iphone doesn't have a non-flagship to compare to.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You probably didn't do it on purpose, but you made a comparison on Apple's terms, thus implicitly priveleging Apple.

    Last thing Apple needs is us priveleging it.

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  • [–] -5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I'm just saying Apple doesn't make anything close to a cheap stripped down $200 model.

    I made the comparison based on feature set. For that you need an android flagship phone. Android DOES make cheap phones....but therexs no 1:1 comparison for Apple.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I already tend to buy the expensive flagship models of phones. I buy unlocked and it lasts me ~5+ years, so I get the best phone I can get at the time and make it last, so money isn't as much of an issue if I were to move to an iPhone.

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