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Apple Pre-Event Mega Thread (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MichelleG@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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It’s almost that time! With the Apple event happening tomorrow, we’ll use this mega thread to talk about expectations, predictions, and anything else related to the big event.

Tomorrow, we’ll have a live event thread to discuss each announcement as it happens.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it has USB C and a 10x optical zoom I'm almost guaranteed to swap from Android to Apple finally. Google's BS around making ads part of DRM or whatever was the last straw.

Posted from my Pixel 6 Pro....

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you don't use tap to pay and can muscle your way through documentation, GrapheneOS is easily installable on all relatively current Pixel devices. But yeah, I'm not a fan either and as long as I'm on Android, that might tip me back again to using Graphene instead of stock Android.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought of that and looked through the steps to do it and I'm pretty sure I'm past the age of me wanting to try. There was a day it would have been something I couldn't wait to do but I'm pretty sure I'm ~10 years past that day.

[–] goffredo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hooray for being too old to give a shit! Retired mobile developer here; I have people regularly show me how to do things like tap-and-hold the space bar to position the cursor. I’d rather be outside going for a hike than fooling around with my phone, of all things.

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, there's a bit of a barrier. But getting it actually installed is a breeze. Chromium browser that supports WebUSB is all you need to get it flashed.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Them sure are pretty words. I feel like I'll get myself in a lot of trouble with a bricked phone.

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 2 points 1 year ago

I know it sounds intimidating, but the install page walks you through the process step by step. As long as the browser can see your phone, you can flash it with a few button clicks.

[–] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My only issue with this is incompatibility with android auto.

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. That and tap to pay made me flash stock back. But I wouldnt count our going back someday.

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is Graphene the new Cyanogen?

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 1 points 1 year ago

Kind of? It's only supported on Pixel devices currently. I think a closer comparison to Cyanogen is LineageOS, since Lineage is literally a fork of Cyanogen after the original maintainers closed up shop. Lineage is more akin to AOSP/the stock Android experience, whereas Graphene has been hardened a bit more than your typical Android release to lend itself to a more privacy-centric experience. Tap to pay and Android auto don't work on Graphene which broke it for me at the time, but I would consider going back despite that if Topics can't easily be disabled on Android 13/14.