I don’t see anything significant happening to Apple imo. I mean, there was likely a layout of what things to release as well as Jony Ive (being one of Apple’s core designers) having a vision for Apple. Hell, he helped with some of the best products like the G4, 2007 iPhone, and first iPod!

Also, iOS, MacOS, and the iPad were all starting to mature. The skeuomorphic design was fading away into something more “modern”. I do see silicon Mac’s releasing sooner as well as Vision Pro releasing earlier, but the first few iterations being limited and restricted.

My theory is that the product line would’ve been more minimal, and Apple wouldn’t be the highest market cap company. Also the 699 Mac Pro wheels wouldn’t exist.

But who knows, none of us would really know.

Make sure you’re on the latest iOS this looks like a bug

Natural titanium. If your phone scratches well, it’ll be natural underneath anyways so

I still believe that iOS is more secure than android, but that’s literally because Apple controls the software. Apple’s also great at rapid security responses to patch security breaches, and hacking/exploiting an iPhone is a bit harder, not to say android isn’t secure either.

App optimizations is one as well. Typically iOS apps receive far more attention than android counterparts. There’s tons of different android devices than there are Apple, so you can tell which would be easier to optimize and update.

iOS looks the same on everyone’s device. That may sound like a disadvantage, but you get past the initial learning curve of using an iPhone the first time, you could pick up somebody else’s iPhone and know how to navigate it. You’d have the same gestures, button for Siri, control center, etc. it’s a blessing but a curse.

I always find funny the argument that Apple copies features from android, which is true to an extent. Android has something for a few phones, then removes it a few iterations later. Apple refines feature the “Apple way” that android had previously. Android brings feature back and it’ll literally look like a skin from Apple’s feature. Everybody’s pointing fingers at each other.

As other’s said. It’s preference. You’d be happy with both, especially since they’ve both matured quite nicely.

I see that one of the bigger reasons why people want sideloading so bad is to pirate apps they don’t want to buy.

I can assure that a developer would likely take the 30% cut from the App Store versus trying your luck on other stores like Play Store, Galaxy Store, with the added risk of someone pirating your app and missing out on potential revenue.

Unpopular opinion but iOS doesn’t need sideloading. What does need sideloading is the goddamn iPad. It’s the most neglected product by Apple and giving it sideloading capabilities allows devs to make the most out of the M1/M2 chip.

There’s one thing that Google also needs that Apple is dominating, and that is physical stores.

I love Apple Stores. You go inside, play around, get your phone fixed, and learn more about the stuff you have or want to own. It’s exclusively Apple, and they’re found inside malls, remote locations, and are tourist attractions. You have workers there who are deep in the product knowledge and can make recommendations based on your needs.

As a teenager, my buddies and I loved this. It was a place that we would always have to stop by when we went to the mall to window shop.

You want to buy the Google Pixel? You have to go to the carrier store, that’s unless you have any of the main carriers. If you want to buy unlocked then your only real choice is online or Best Buy. The problem to that is that those both have different phone options so it’s no longer comparisons between the products GOOGLE sell, it’s comparisons between Samsung, OnePlus, Apple, etc.

Samsung also has some stores, but it’s dull in comparison to Apple, unless you’re in let’s say South Korea.

I’m excited to see how the firestick competes against Apple TV, as that was on a whole different league on its own - other than 123movies and whatnot of course.

This is certainly a great shift, happy to see it