I agree with the article, but i hate the way the author just admits defeat at the end. “I hate everything about it! But i won’t realistically leave. And actually you can keep doing it all, just let me hide hotels pretty please”. Ugh.

I can’t claim I’ve managed anything more, beyond periodically re-testing the alternatives, but i just hate to see it written., Feels like it undermines the whole argument when they make clear that Google will see no consequence.

The biggest hurdle for me, is that many businesses and other points of interest are missing in the alternatives. And if not missing, then useful data like opening hours, reviews, etc aren’t there.

But i hate every moment i spend in Google Maps due to the advertising and bad UX, and I will jump ship as soon as something comes even close (on Android).

I want to use the same (synced) browser across all my OS’s, so the main reason I stopped using Firefox is because their Android tablet UX sucks.

Vivaldi works great though on all my devices and I’m super happy with it.

We stumbled so that you could also stumble but down some stairs.

I like FeedMe (on Android). It’s really versatile to customise the UX to your liking.

It’s all the same

Definitely fake. Funny idea though.

That’s all true (unlikely it gets wiped, but definitely technically possible), but i accept it as part of the ‘deal’. My personal data is automatically backed up, if the phone got remote wiped at any point it wouldn’t matter. I know i will need to give it back eventually, but i will have skipped a generation of device (and data plan) in the meantime.

The story with the lady is funny, not sure how she thought it would work.

I don’t use my work laptop as my personal one, i have a personal gaming PC and tablet. If i didn’t have my tablet i might temporarily use the work laptop for personal stuff when travelling, instead of buying a laptop just for that.

Reasons for using the work phone: i don’t need to spend a lot of money duplicating the hardware i already have for free; i don’t need to pay for a phone/data plan to service that second device; i don’t need to carry two phones around (since i need to have the work one anyway).

Any particular reason you have in mind why one should not use their work phone? Or why is this surprising to you? Also not meant disrespectfully, only trying to understand where you are coming from.

Yes?

Yes, why not? It arrived with separate profiles for work and personal.

No to the custom ROM option. It’s due to my employer’s security policy. I would also never pay for a phone that I couldn’t fully control and customise but… I didn’t have to pay for this one. The main cost is losing sideloading.

It’s not so much the phone (Samsung S22) as that it’s controlled by my employer’s security policy (which prevents sideloading).

Exactly what I’ve been looking for! Does it include photo editing tools?

I would need an app on the Play store though, my phone doesn’t allow sideloading.