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I am currently an IOS user, however, as the title suggests, I wish to switch to android. This is because I would prefer to use free software and not be locked into the apple ecosystem. That being said I am already locked into apple and would like to know how anyone else here has managed the switch.

I for one know I will face problems regarding group chats with friends and family on IOS, I will lose out on iCloud+ features, I will have to buy a replacement for my HomePod, I will need to replace apple home, etc.

How did anyone else here who has made such a switch replace or solve these issues?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

pretty sure Snapchat is still not very cross platform, can't use it on pc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who is bringing a PC into a discussion about mobile cross platform apps? Many apps have the option, but I don't think anyone primarily thinks of anything but being able to work across iOS and Android.

Plus it seems once it works outside of Apple's fortress, it can find a way to work on a non mobile device. It's kind of in the DNA.

[–] deong 2 points 1 year ago

It does matter. Take iMessage. It's cross platform enough for most people. You can text an Android-using friend and they can text you back. There are annoying limitations, but if you use a Mac, having the same messages available on your computer while you're sitting at your desk at work is a feature that you may use, and if so, that feature is probably more important to you than whether you can directly share a video clip at full quality versus having to share a link or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

apps like discord and telegram would desktop clients, making them more cross platform if that makes sense

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't know, since when?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You kinda of can use it on PC though?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've been pushing using a browser to access your conversations for quite a while now. Are you just not looking at the screen when you open it, or what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

didn't know that actually