const_void@lemmy.ml to Apple@lemmy.world · 2 months agoNever understood why iOS/macOS users install so many Google appslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down124
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkNever understood why iOS/macOS users install so many Google appslemmy.mlconst_void@lemmy.ml to Apple@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareLeaflet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down5·2 months agoGoogle products work on pretty much every platform, whereas with Apple you’re out of luck if you use any non-Apple platforms.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down12·edit-22 months agoApple 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.
minus-squarembirth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoApple Maps also is available via browser for a few weeks now.
minus-squareSparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoNice 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.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·2 months agoI wasn’t cherry picking. The assertion was nothing was available on other platforms. And my pushback didn’t say everything was.
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.
Apple Maps also is available via browser for a few weeks now.
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.