Just off the top of my head, Android allows multiple browser engines to work on it, allowing firefox to use extensions. Android can torrent, while you can't on stock iOS without hacks. Firefox with extensions on Android is god send if you're a power user.
For someone who claims to be a power user, it's really showing… And don't forget open source ecosystem is much much much bigger on Android.
how were they ahead of Samsung and other manufacturers exactly? genuinely curious.
Doesn't KDE Connect do the same and more?
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I just want a better battery/performance. The talk on r/googlepixel is they are getting good battery life in their 14 beta release. Hopefully stable release will be even better. But I'm not holding my breath.
I still have an original pixel xl for photo backup and a pixel 6a for daily use. I had Oneplus and Samsungs and a iPhone in between. Off the top of my head, the notification toggles have changed from simple squares to large rectangle bubbles. You could fit multiple toggles before, now you have 4 (portrait). The wifi and data used to be separate toggle, now they are inside "Internet". To turn off wifi, you need to go inside Internet, then turn off Wifi. Some features and options are moved around different sections inside settings. It used to be double tap to wake the Pixel screen, now it's a single tap. Uninstalling some System apps from playstore doesn't actually uninstall it, it just goes to factory version, and an "Update" button is displayed.
It isn't a significant change if you get monthly updates, but really annoys less technically inclined people who update less frequently, usually when things change for a more complicated process. Many google apps don't even follow their own design language. On iOS, even though its interface is boring I can find settings when I help my parents or relatives even though I don't use it much at all.
I'm not talking about the SMS app. We very rarely use SMS. First there was Google Talk, then Hangouts, Allo & Duo. Now there is Messages by Google, Google Voice, Google Chat, and Hangouts is still on the playstore.
For AI there's Duet AI, Bard AI. These AI are not specifically on Android yet, but you never know with Google.
I just share the download link to my file manager (MiXplorer) and I can pick and choose where the download goes.
It's not exactly what you want and some downloads (with redirects) might not work, but ever since i've used Mix, I use it exclusively to download everything from Firefox.
Hence the rumors that the feds and state actors do the most of it.
Best way to use an Android is to stay as far away as you can from Google products or at least minimize it.
Protonmail, Organic Maps/Magic Earth, Signal, Firefox, Spotify, Newpipe, AntennaPod and so on.