those CPUs just happen to have a huge marketing budget behind and a very loyal fanbase. They aren’t anything revolutionary. Sure, more battery life. In terms of daily usage, the difference with a high end AMD or Intel CPU is unnoticeable other than having a shiny apple on the back of your laptop.
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I mean, I’m sure they sell Android phones in the UK. Why do you buy Apple products if you are aware of their monopolistic practices that have to be battled with legislation?
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Technology@lemmy.world•Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GXEnglish
1·2 years agoIt’s a rebranded chromium with some extra bloat. Just like his older brother Chinese Chromium, Opera, and their edgy cousin, Microsoft Chromium. All following the example of Papa Chrome.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanenceEnglish
1·2 years agostop consuming Apple marketing.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanenceEnglish
0·2 years agoFor starters, you can degoogle Android, you can’t deapple iOS.
You can replace the manufacturer android with a clean, free software and secure Android ROM, like GrapheneOS. iOS is a black box, fully proprietary and controlled by Apple.
You can install apps from third parties on Android, like F-Droid. On iOS every app must be approved by Apple.
You can’t use an iPhone without an Apple account, you can use Android without a Google account.
Android has multiple profiles support, which comes handy for completely isolating apps from the rest of your phone.
There’s much, much more. That’s just what came to my mind right now.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanenceEnglish
0·2 years agoI despise Google, and I agree with chromium, but when the only other alternative is using the proprietary walled garden that is iOS, I’ll take degoogled Android everyday.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this yearEnglish
2·2 years agouse Newpipe, it’s free software, unlike revanced.

I don’t get why you’re getting dowvoted. I guess there are a lot of Americans over here. But your statement is absolutely true. The US attempts at restricting China’s access to various technologies only make sense if they feel threatened by them.