Skripka

Skripka t1_j2erk7z wrote

Reply to Last day of Dark Sky by m945050

Given how Apple has unused the DS resources following purchase....it strikes me as buying the only weather app worth a damn to come to Android--rather than an actual useful acquisition for Apple.

A few days of Apple's weather app was enough for me to subscribe to Carrot.

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Skripka t1_iyf9isb wrote

Reply to Twitter is here to stay! by hollyflynn22

Seeing as Musk is known for saying things and then being completely wrong, and then being dragged before the SEC and fined for it....yea, Twitter is on the chopping block.

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Skripka t1_iwz5iyp wrote

Reply to comment by Ketheres in Chris Jericho: "I literally want to go in front of the IOC, the International Olympic Community, and pitch pro wrestling as an Olympic sport. Gymnastics, pairs gymnastics, figure skating, pairs figure skating, what is that? It's two people working together to put on the best performance possible." by SgtThund3r

In real life it really doesn’t. It looks fake as fuck outside of the preselected camera filming positions. I’ve had to work a couple WWE shows and I had to resist laughing for how fake it looked and how seriously the crowd took it.

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Skripka t1_iufnlkg wrote

Reply to Switching from Google Pixel to iPhone? by Sqou

As others have noted Google Photos perks have been gone for over a year

https://9to5google.com/2021/05/25/google-pixel-photos-perks/

There's a handful of software things that Google does just plain better with its Pixel line. Specifically voice-to-text and spam call/text blocking, on the Pixel line they work great IME...but, the Pixel/Nexus line has always had hardware problems. I liked my 6Pro, but the 5G modem chip was last gen and my handset was one of those that ran hot on 5G. And, honestly, if I' m going to be paying iPhone prices anyway to get a decent Android--I might as well just get an iPhone. That was always the alure of Android of getting the same/better for less--but that stopped being the case a while ago.

No handset is perfect. But Apple has been supporting their handsets better for a long while in software and hardware compared to any Android OEM. My iPhone needs a new battery--I can pay nominal fee, walk into a shop, and get a new battery and not need to buy another $1000 phone because of the battery.

There's also the reality that the Android app store is poorly curated and riddled with ad/malware that goes unpoliced. Generally iPhone apps are higher quality. Although there tend to be more paywalls, the apps are more sustainable and better maintained.

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