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What? No, not even close. - no way to use the phone without an account - no way to install apps from outside the store - no browsers other than Safari reskins.

These are all fixed by the DMA, but it will take a lot of time for things to mature, however other issues persist

- no way to put apps on the bottom of the screen - the FOSS scene on IOS basically doesn't exist, while on android there is a whole app store for it(https://f-droid.org) this is a big point for me. - no way to duplicate apps - no separate work profile - limited file mangament - no notification chat bubbles(a pretty good feature on android 11/10?+ - no advanced apps like local terminal emulators, virtual firewalls or virtual tracker blockers(partially because the FOSS community rightly doesn't care about iOS) - non encrypted iCloud backups(basically a backdoor into WhatsApp) or any important file medium - CSAM Scanning inbound

And many other issues, iOS is hardly making Android hard to choose, its still locked down prison, its just a bit nicer inside now.

Since I value my privacy and like FOSS iOS is even more useless for me.



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