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      1 year ago

      Technically, no new Android phone I know of right now capable of securely unlock the phone with your face. But then all iPhone user I know prefer fingerprint to face unlock and hope Apple would implement underscreen scanner

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      Ignoring low hanging fruit answers like “iOS can use Apple apps” or “iOS gets more than 4 years of updates”; These are hardware specific but they work out of the box:

      • I don’t know if this is still true and even if it is, it’s not true for much longer; satellite SOS
      • LiDAR on the pro phones and faceID. Both can be used for 3D scanning
      • this also may not be true anymore but I had a bitch of a time getting my WireGuard VPN to automatically turn on when I left the house on android. I remember a pixel OS upgrade breaking my tasker script. Works fine on iOS.

      Edit: I know android can unlock with your face. That’s not what I’m talking about. The 3D scanning aspect is what’s cool

      Edit 2: I know there are things android can do that iOS can’t. Just answering OP’s question

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      Technically, no new Android phone I know of right now capable of securely unlock the phone with your face. But then all iPhone user I know prefer fingerprint to face unlock and hope Apple would implement underscreen scanner

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        Just off the top of my head, Android allows multiple browser engines to work on it, allowing firefox to use extensions. Android can torrent, while you can’t on stock iOS without hacks. Firefox with extensions on Android is god send if you’re a power user.

        For someone who claims to be a power user, it’s really showing… And don’t forget open source ecosystem is much much much bigger on Android.

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            Meaning, we dont have extension in firefox. We get it.

            • launchers; icon packs, system ui changes
            • custom roms
            • android kitchen to make your own android
            • those root level apps
            • adb (wireless as well.)
            • linux windows interoperability
            • set your cpu and gpu governor
            • kde connect and other stuff which wants to work in backend can keep working
            • others… i dunno i am bored cannot think of more
            • ability to pirate apks
            • third party stores
            • easier to develop for

            But yeah mostly for nerds🤓

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                While i understand you are coming from, when i said its easy to develop for android i meanT that i can work in almost any os and the tooling will be available to develop. So its easier to start for most people.

                I.e. easier to develop without requiring specialized hardware

                Other than that, what you said is true. java is a VERBOSE language. Kotlin solves this a little