‘82% of Bangladesh’s smartphone demand met through domestic manufacturing’

[bête noire]

I know I can do it after jailbreaking. But it's not welcome by apple . On the other hand we can do whatever we want with Android without offending Google.

That part usually means pirated apps. Otherwise I don't see the point of "doing whatever we want". Those are always pointless things that has no use. I am still on iPhone 6s+ that I bought new roughly 5 years ago. Right now running iOS 14, up from the initial version iOS 9. I can still use it another year with the latest OS, which is the 6th year update. The phone still runs great for whatever I need. The only things I needed to change are battery and cables.

 

[VikingRaider]

That part usually means pirated apps. Otherwise I don't see the point of "doing whatever we want". Those are always pointless things that has no use. I am still on iPhone 6s+ that I bought new roughly 5 years ago. Right now running iOS 14, up from the initial version iOS 9. I can still use it another year with the latest OS, which is the 6th year update. The phone still runs great for whatever I need. The only things I needed to change are battery and cables.

Not only pirated apps. Yes we can download cracked version of pirated apps ,but there are many free things as well . You can't download anything from outside of apple store . Does that make sense ?

Also there are some other problems . Perhaps too many like this one.

https://onezero.medium.com/giving-up-apple-in-the-name-of-repair-and-the-environment-dbd53bc2fa26


PS: Now only for apple fan boy @Michael Corleone . Give me a free iphone , I will use it only for making calls and sending text messages. However I can do the same thing with a Nokia 1100 perfectly( the classic phone is my/our first love ) .
So I am not going to spend a single penny for it when I have to repair it from apple outlets . Ami taka poysa panite dhali na .

 

[bête noire]

Not only pirated apps. Yes we can download cracked version of pirated apps ,but there are many free things as well . You can't download anything from outside of apple store . Does that make sense ?

Makes perfect sense. I do not see being able to pirate software as a good thing. That is why android apps are inferior to iOS ones. Even google apps are better and news features arrive on iOS first. Not to mention, as a developer myself, because of piracy, android isn't at all appealing to me.

Also there are some other problems . Perhaps too many like this one.

https://onezero.medium.com/giving-up-apple-in-the-name-of-repair-and-the-environment-dbd53bc2fa26

Repair is a good point but we also have to remember Apple's target customer segment is only the premium market. Not luxury as it is for most people, but they only make premium products and charge as much. Repairs are few and far between unless you are careless. If you have apple care then most of it are covered. But it is a major consideration and I would recommend people without cash to burn for a premium phone like iPhones, Galaxy or note, to not buy Apple products. They are better off with Samsung or many other up and coming ones like One Plus. However, if you have the money, I think iPhones are by far and away better than any other android flagship counterparts.

PS: Now only for apple fan boy @Michael Corleone . Give me a free iphone , I will use it only for making calls and sending text messages. However I can do the same thing with a Nokia 1100 perfectly( the classic phone is my/our first love ) .
So I am not going to spend a single penny for it when I have to repair it from apple outlets . Ami taka poysa panite dhali na .

This also relates to what I said about just not being the type of customer that is willing to spend so much for a phone whether they have money or not. I would however, say that iPhones last a lot longer with its continuous updates. And since phone processors are at a point that speed wouldn't slow down much for years, iPhones with 6 years of software support just seems way better value in the long run.

 

[VikingRaider]

However, if you have the money

Exactly. That's why I said in the beginning that iPhone is a toy of filthy rich people who doesn't have lots of scope to spend their easy earning money.

This also relates to what I said about just not being the type of customer that is willing to spend so much for a phone whether they have money or not

Okay got your point.

Makes perfect sense. I do not see being able to pirate software as a good thing

Not talking about pirated software man. You even legally can't buy anything outside of apple store. Correct me if I am wrong.

@bête noire

 

[bête noire]

Before you read, you don't have to. I don't post much because I'm quite terrible at it and it turns out like walls of texts which now I realise this one has turned into. I get to writing things that are irrelevant or maybe relevant but no need for that much details.

Exactly. That's why I said in the beginning that iPhone is a toy of filthy rich people who doesn't have lots of scope to spend their easy earning money.

That is such a stretch. You can buy iPhones XR for $600. Now, for an average Bangladeshi, that is indeed far too much. But apple doesn't even have Bangladesh region and they don't have any store in BD. For the average people in developed or near developed countries, that isn't a lot. It can be clearly seen by how many phones they sell.

iPhone 11 costs $700. And not one even comes close to the number of units they sell. The next one being a cheap Samsung phone and not their flagship galaxy or note series. Out of the top 10 selling, 5 are iPhones. Two of them costs $1000 and $1100. While the android counterparts are all cheap phones.

And normal people do not need to flash roms or whatever.

Not talking about pirated software man. You even legally can't buy anything outside of apple store. Correct me if I am wrong.

@bête noire

Depends on what you want to buy. Specific things can be bought outside of App Store, like movie streaming services Netflix, Hulu - game streaming like xCloud - music streaming Spotify, YouTube premium or VPN services, physical product selling apps like Amazon etc.

If you are talking about buying apps itself from another App Store then no. The reason is quite simple. Apple needs to control all transaction on their end, on their phones or tablets unless it has anything to do with physical goods selling apps like Amazon. You shouldn't be able to spend whatever and buy whatever and have no track of those.

Things like parental control are great reason for this. Your children cannot spend money outside of apple store where you have no control over. You can set limits for anything apple but wouldn't be able to if there where other App Store. Any transaction going through apple also ensures security where any users will not think twice about getting scammed when buying anything from their App Store or any apps with in app purchases.

Apple also develops and provides all the developer tools that are needed to make apps for their iOS platform. They add features for coders to use and make everything easy every year, like a few years ago they introduced Swift UI that simplifies coding an app from scratch where you can get to the important part without spending a lot of time on initial application setup and looks, as they can e done with a few lines of code. Developers are supposed to pay apple for this by giving 30% cut on app purchases and 30% in the first year off of in app purchase and 15% from the 2nd years. Another App Store would literally make it so apple provides everything but get nothing in return if developers choose other app stores to put their apps on.

You can't compare googles android to iOS in here. They both have very different business model.