To everyone looking for alternatives, there are quite a few but strong alternatives. They are on a spectrum of complexity/privacy/convenience.
Android probably is not much different. But and this a big one, android devices are not tied to the host google OS and are waaaay way more open than Apple. This is because of Apple's ir tight grip on their hardware ecosystem and lobbying against right to repair. Also, the abundance of android phone makers means you get features at a variety of price points.
The OS options are LineageOS (my daily driver), CalyxOS worth more google support, microG lineage.
More different OS are Ubuntu touch (very active), postmarket OS with multiple frontends just like on Linux desktop, Manjaro Mobile, etc.
And hardware wise, there is Pine phone and Purism. But the more people paying for these, the more there is money for the competition.
Apple id already sitting on a staggering $200billion dollars. $200 billion.
The amount global electronics waste the disablement of 2G and 3G is going to be astonishing. 15 years of perfectly working devices, rendered useless.
And no 5G is not a replacement. I can manage perfectly fine doing remote work with hangouts/zoom calls on 4G when needed and jumping to 3G/2G for calls and text. If you need security then you can jump on internet.
The 2G/3G spectrum is not open for amateur development.
5G is just for pushing more data faster down people's throats.
How many of those who are saying that this is for the greater good could be bothered to call up and fight for local fiber. Comcast and ATT spend billions in a town and stall that and that ad campaign gets you side tracked.
Your inabilities at distinguishing the fake from truth shouldn't take away the night sky from all of us.
Go fight the big companies instead of sitting here and talking. Start a local WISP.
Stop waiting for the billionaires to save you.
This is exactly how the rich stay rich. By dividing us and preying on the natural resources.
Nobody goes and fights BSNL in India or the local telecoms in Philippines to establish better wireless links.
This is basically moving the goalposts from one duopoly to another one soon.
For those that haven't seen the sky, go take a trip to natural park. This is akin to saying, I don't use sea water because it is salty. Let some company mine to for oil, because it is for the "greater good"
Nobody should be apologizing for a company. Companies as is cause as much harm as possible. We need better regulation to put checks in these comments and rich ass billionaires who think the world is their toy.
Please don't spread FUD. I was onsite and still learned slower. It all depends on your team and documentation. I mentor people remotely and they have been successful
Using a low power phone for everyday use, for a year now. I would say the "convergence" of the android and iOS devices is creating a device that is tuned to suck you into the marketing and advertising of google, apple, etc.
Android and iOS devices are tools and platforms to gather data and use the consumer as a product more than anything else.
Break the slab like form factor and my addictive habits dropped, drastically. Break the app stores, and marketing and I got a lot more time back in my life.
I have a separate hotspot for internet, a tablet for internet access, a phone only simple communication with a 2GB plan and an offline GPS. The convergence of these is an optimized tool to farm the consumers.
Android probably is not much different. But and this a big one, android devices are not tied to the host google OS and are waaaay way more open than Apple. This is because of Apple's ir tight grip on their hardware ecosystem and lobbying against right to repair. Also, the abundance of android phone makers means you get features at a variety of price points.
The OS options are LineageOS (my daily driver), CalyxOS worth more google support, microG lineage.
More different OS are Ubuntu touch (very active), postmarket OS with multiple frontends just like on Linux desktop, Manjaro Mobile, etc.
And hardware wise, there is Pine phone and Purism. But the more people paying for these, the more there is money for the competition.
Apple id already sitting on a staggering $200billion dollars. $200 billion.