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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days 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.

[–] viking 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -5 points 3 days 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.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

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

Yes, I think that's exactly the point people are trying to make to you.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

i have a phone for less than $200 and it works fine.

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days 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.