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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

As a GrapheneOS user, having the fastest hardware is not the goal. Pixels can be purchased for a very reasonable price second-hand or from discount resellers. Apple's hardware is indeed remarkable and iOS being closed-source is not the root of the issue - it's that they insist on a heavily locked down bootloader, so I will not for a moment consider Apple unless by some miracle they open up their phones to third-party OSes.

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I can agree with most of that. I like the Mac a lot more than I like the iPhone. But a Mac can install Linux. They also used to run Windows, and I think they can run Windows ARM but I'm not sure. I've also heard Windows ARM is not very good anyway.

Fortunately, Macs don't require iPhones. My wife has an Android phone and has no problem with using Mac. She just doesn't get Universal Clipboard, which is nice, but not a deal breaker to lose if you have other reasons to prefer Android.

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