Oh yeah, we have Delta, why doesn't Android have anything like that? So, in a nutshell, I can uninstall Delta right now. App gone, games gone, saves gone, it's all gone. No longer have any trace of it on my iPhone. Go to the App Store and download it. Empty library. Got to start over, right? Wrong. Go into Settings, connect Google Drive. It's now downloading my games, my saves, my settings. Everything back where I was. Would be so cool if it were on all the platforms, so a game started on one could be picked up and played on another. Not necessarily Android <==> iOS, but more like phone <==> computer/tablet.

Yeah, so anyway, what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?

I get it's a slippery slope and future implications. I get that. I'm just not seeing the issue now.

Also, it seems like Google has taken away all the things that would convince you not to get an iPhone. They took your headphone jack (though an Android was the first to do so). They took your microSD card slot. The tech always sucked, no one tried to make it better; past 16 or maybe 32GB the write speeds were too low to be usable. Now they're coming for your sideloading? Honestly what is the argument for staying?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

what can't I get in the Play store that I actually want

Well, for starters, versions of apps without Google play store tracking. Or without GMS/Firebase so the apps aren't constantly being awakened whenever someone else decides.

Or old apps that Google has decided you don't need anymore because they "won't run" on current versions of Android, yet work fine.

Or, any app category that Google doesn't permit you to publish to play, like my system wide ad blockers.

Or apps that aren't malware, since Play store is the single greatest source of malware.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

AdAway isn't in the Play Store? That was my ad blocker back in the day... on, like, Jellybean and KitKat.

Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if Google has since banned ad blockers. They threaten their business model after all.

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