Google products work on pretty much every platform, whereas with Apple you’re out of luck if you use any non-Apple platforms.
Apple Music is on Android and Windows.
Apple TV is one a wide range of devices.
AirPlay is on a wide range of TVs, and Roku boxes.
iCloud is on Windows. Files, photos, contacts, etc. They just added Passwords.
So out of luck isn’t exactly true. Unless you are a die hard Pages user or something. And there you have a web app.
Nice cherry picked examples. iMessage isn’t available on other platforms, and it’s impossible to join a shared iphotos album from a non apple device. Two features that are arguably the most important for non apple users.
I wasn’t cherry picking. The assertion was nothing was available on other platforms.
And my pushback didn’t say everything was.
Apple Maps also is available via browser for a few weeks now.
Familiarity 🤷🏻♂️
Often times it’s because other people are using it. Those people can’t use iCloud but I can use Google Docs and stuff. Hell, my MacBook can hang with my phone but my own PC isn’t connected, either. And then after that, are you really gunna expect most people to use and manage two different systems?
I use iCloud for photos, Safari on my phone and laptop because they’re connected easily that way, and have a few important documents on iCloud as well like all my stuff for job applications or sheet music so that I have access if I need that stuff elsewhere. And yet I still have Google drive for some things and use Google Sheets because it’s easy to share.
Not understanding why someone might not go all-in on a specific brand is more of a lack of imagination on your part than some failing on theirs.
we use google stuff for work, that’s the only reason I have them.
as for average people, because they are free and almost no one cares about data monetization.
Looks work-related. Your average person isn’t going to install “Authenticator” for fun.
I think most people just install the TOTP app that they’re told to. They probably don’t even know that there’s a choice.
A lot of non work related accounts are switching to 2FA and Google authentication is the most well known compatible app. Most definitely not the best though.
Huh, my authenticator app has 16 accounts in it, all personal stuff. Discord, a video game account, government tax account, etc.
Google authenticator is garbage. Authy is much better.
Gmail app because it is better with Gmail than mail.app
And google calendar because our house runs on our shared calendars.
But none of the others as Safari is fine for any other web stuff. And in try to avoid other crap as much as possible.
And now that Passwords does MFA there’s no reason for Authenticator
People are stupid and stubborn.
