They are following what Apple is doing because its whats legal. Apple made their system closed and Google made theirs open. Both got sued multiple times in court and Apple kept winning because they were closed and Google kept losing because they were open. It doesnt take much to see what to do next. They will just copy the Apple model in Europe because its the the one most approved by world courts and governments.

If I remember right, Musk made a comment on this that was around “Once you get enough money, you stop seeing it as money and more like a high score.”

The Trump administration already had apps removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. (ICETracker, Tiktok was until it was sold to hard MAGA supporters)

Also, there have been many studies showing how YouTube videos will push right-wing agenda videos to people.

These are the 2 major aspects for chidren, locked down app stores and YouTube, both which have shown a favortism for right-wing politics lately.

This doesn’t include Tiktok’s new MAGA owners, Discord’s usage of age verifaction company Persona (which feds the info to the Trump administration) X(itter). Social media that force-feeds children right-wing propaganda.

So… never read Apples privacy policy huh?

TIL: Graphics Image Manipulation Program is an ableist slur

No, you tried making the false equivalence of claiming that if it cant be fixed for cheap, then it somehow isnt fixable at all.

So it’s i can’t get a car fixed for less than $100, I guess that means cars aren’t fixable?

Upgrading isn’t repairing, and I said you can repair these devices. My question is what CAN’T you repair, not what can be repaired (which is what I did answer).

What part can’t be repaired? Some parts may be soldered to the board, but the board can be fixed without Googles blessing.

And upgrades were never a part of the original comment, so what does that have to do with my comment?

We are talking about Android, not Apple.

Android phones can be user repaired and repaired by third parties without Googles permission.

Buy a used one then. Google won’t see your money then.

Or wait a little longer. https://piunikaweb.com/2025/11/19/grapheneos-to-release-non-pixel-flagship-phone-in-q4-2026-or-in-2027/

In a revealing discussion with David Bombal, the GrapheneOS team confirmed they are actively working with a “top-tier Android OEM” to bring their hardened operating system to non-Google flagship devices.

You supposed to be drinking vodka with it. Helps with the flavor.

The other down side, 7 years of OS support before its EOL. Windows 10 gave at least 10, and then there is Linux.

Apple has the worst product life support/quickest forced obsolescence in the industry.

Assuming thats the same MacBook, its e-waste right now. Any Mac from 2017 isn’t getting any updates anymore, OS or security. Maybe they could get Linux on it, but that’s its only chance to get an up to date OS on it.

No, its to say that using Macs lower your socioeconomic status and abilities.

“Turn right and then turn left” I’ve had this exact instruction before and would easily lead to this situation. In these types of moments, odds are you are looking and the road and not the screen so rely on the audio commands.

Except they don’t. Sure, if your comparing a $500 Windows laptop to a $2000 MacBook, then yes this is correct, but once you start comparing computers of the same price tag then it gets different. The parts on the Windows devices tend to be newer, faster, better screen/touch screen, and longer supported. Apple supports their computers for around 7 years before they can’t be updated, Windows on average 10 years. And yes, Windows computers do last 10+ years, everyone is complaining very loudly how their 10+ year old Win10 machine isnt getting updates anymore and cant install Win11.

Who said they knew the road well? It could be their first time there and the phones map told them a left turn was coming up.

Just calling them out. A lot of the things they’ve said are either incorrect or contradicts other parts they’ve said. I called out the easier parts but then there are the more subtle parts that I didn’t bother with yet.

They are following the usual “Oh, I’m huge into A and an expert, but B really is better and we all have to agree. Trust me bro”.

I’ll just back up what I said with real links and not “trust me bro”.

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/ Apple collects in real time info about you like “Your name, address, age, gender… your approximate location (when turned on, kinda needed for many functions so pretty much everyone does)” I could go on.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/111754 Apple explaining that yeah, they give the Chinese government full access to Chinese iCloud users. You know who actually cared about their users privacy and didn’t do that, preventing them from selling in China? Google.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android&pli=1 Book ad tracking on Android from all apps. Notice that it’s on the Play Store? Where is the equal to it on Apple’s App Store?

https://support.google.com/a/answer/14328489?hl=en Gooe built in CSE.

Just because I was able to call you out and prove you wrong, doesn’t mean I’m a shill. The fact you just doubled down on your mis-information does out you as the shill though.