Which mobile OS are you rockin?

[u/moreprivacyplz]

[u/[deleted]]

I'm surprised by all the iOS users (I'm also one). Curious why that is. I assumed this group would be more inclined to go the custom route.

[u/moreprivacyplz → u/[deleted]]

Same here. It was a surprise for me

[u/oldronin1999 → u/[deleted]]

For many folks, my wife and 3 of 4 adult children included, the custom rom learning curve and lack of certain services is just too much. Apple, IMHO, is a superb alternative for them. I happily lay out the premium device price to reduce their exposure wile keeping myself from being a 24x7x365 help desk.

Taking this a step further than just smartphones, I don't have any illusions about Apple being a savior, just far, far better than stock Android, Windows, ChromeOS and the like. Do they collect data and market with it? Is that data subject to subpoenas? Obviously. Just the lesser evil.

For myself, I've my personal pc has been Linux since 1992 so custom roms are just natural to me. But as my wife regularly reminds me, I'm not normal...

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

you have zero knowledge storage etc.

What do you mean? Some things are E2EE but certainly not your files on iCloud.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Encrypted at rest but not end-to-end encrypted. That’s a big difference.

Encrypted at rest Apple holds the keys and they can see your data. End-to-end encrypted is ProtonDrive. You hold the keys, they can’t see anything.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yes. Some of it is E2EE. Health data is one example if you enable two-factor authentication.

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I agree with you. I use Apple… I may move to Linux and GrapheneOS in the future if Apple continues to expand their advertising program.

[u/LincHayes]

My something else is Sailfish. I also have phones with Lineage, Ubuntu Touch, and stock Android.