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[–] danielbln@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Windows is the one where I need an account to install and that spies on me and throws ads in my face, that one?

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

second network adapter

Source? A quick search didn't turn up anything.

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I checked too. Can you use your engines to source the claim?

It’s very interesting but I would’ve thought somebody would’ve Wiresharked it or seen the suspicious traffic hitting their router (perhaps).

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[–] Quastamaza@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Last time I checked you could sign in without a Microsoft account by deliberately interrupting your internet connection while setting up Windows.

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

They even have an offline installer mode with local account only. Just need to download the correct image from the Microsoft server.

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[–] brakenium@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

You don't need an account. De-bloating scripts take care of most other annoyances. You can fairly easily beat windows into submission

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

The average consumer doesn't know what NTFS or FAT32 is. I don't think they'll understand the privacy implications of Windows reporting.

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[–] ColonelPanic@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not tried in a while but it used to just be a case of leaving it disconnected from the net during setup.

Failing that you can still sign up with a throwaway account and convert it to local in the options after installation iirc. It's not ideal but it's still something at least.

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[–] ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Too bad when more and more people buy Apple phones for some reason, well at least where I live (which is the poorer part of central Europe), I have no idea how people can spend this kind of money for a 4 or 5 year phone, when you can buy something more capable for the same money and you will actually know it will get supported with updates for more than 2 years

Can't wait for this to be more widespread in the future to the point iMessage will be the messaging standard

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's mostly a moot point anyway. The vast majority of people who buy apple products "for some reason" will have no frame of reference or desire to learn what has changed as far as web apps are concerned.

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[–] ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

Except I live in central/eastern Europe and most of these people were android users

It definitely is just a brand thing and the fact they maybe bought a shitty budget phone and then went straight for the iPhone 11s/12s and thought "this is so good and android sucks", because that's just the fact the price is 4 times higher compared to the old phone

For example for the same price you can get a pixel 7 or an iPhone 12 (or an Samsung A54, S20 FE or a flip 3, which aren't that great considering they are on sale currently, and I'm comparing this price to the normal prices of the other two), imo the pixel is a lot better value than the iPhone in that case

Also the retailer in question is czc.cz, probably the best retailer in Czechia for tech because others just focus on appliances or aren't as good (but tbh they do quite suck since they just for some reason have crazy prices or don't have some things other retailers here and around the world have)

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[–] TBi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Same reason poor people buy overpriced designer handbags. Status symbol…

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago*

Yup, those status symbols are for poor and upper middle class people.

poor - a few nice things makes you appreciate them a lot
upper middle class - no need to save money on such things, so you get "the best" or whatever
rich - you get bespoke stuff, "designer" stuff is for plebs
middle class - "a few nice things" isn't as good as "lots of pretty good things" and a funded retirement

Source:

poor - my in-laws
upper middle class - DINKs I work with, wealthy neighbors
rich - movies
middle class - me

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[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What I always found odd is that many people will try Android. And at the first problem they'll switch to iPhone.

However the iPhone may demonstrate the same exact problem, among many more, yet they just deal with it anyway.

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Probably because on Android there is likely a way to fix it, but it involves a bit of research and picking the best way.
Whereas on iPhone, thats yhe wayvits intended to be so "suck it up".
Some people just dont want to have to deal with the choices

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This topic is about mobile devices, not desktop. Last I checked, Windows and Linux aren't mobile OS's.

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[–] sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Android is LTS kernel + Google patches. I know it's not the flavor of Linux you are talking about, but most of my apps are side loaded via F-Droid and a few from Aurora as a Play store proxy on a de-Googled ROM (GrapheneOS). There is no walled garden here.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The most relevant part to this discussion is that Android doesn't restrict Web browsers. On Apple, all Web browsers, even Firefox, are nothing but reskins of Safari.

So their restrictions on Web apps affects all Web browsers on IOS because they only allow their own html engine.

It's absolutely insane how far we have fallen from the 90's. Back then MS got in trouble just for including a browser with the OS. Now Apple has the majority market share in the US and is allowed to not only to bundle their own browser, but doesn't allow any other browser other than their own.

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[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

While you’re right about Android not restricting browsers, the context that is missing here is that the EU is (rightfully) forcing Apple to allow actual alternative web browsers/engines. In doing this, Apple is claiming that it’s too hard to support pwas while complying with the EU rulings.

It’s utter bullshit, and pwas should continue to be supported in safari and other browsers on iOS, but Apple’s just gotta be a spiteful asshole while complying with the letter of the EU law.

I live in the United States, currently use iOS devices, and regularly use pwas. It’s pretty unlikely my next phone will be an Apple device. I’ll probably end up with a pixel running Graphene.

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There are mobile Linux distros.

I am looking forward to installing Ubuntu Touch on my device:
https://ubuntu-touch.io/
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

There are also a bunch of others, which I haven't looked into.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_mobile_devices

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yup, and Linux specific devices: Purism Librem 5, Pinephone, and Pinephone Pro. I was hoping to replace my phone with one this year, but they're not quite there yet for what I need, but I'll probably get one anyway to mess around with.