My experience is directly the opposite. Bought an iPhone 12 Mini after Pixel 3XL died. Granted, I was already using a Macbook for a long time. Lotta things I’d been trying to get working, using things like KDE Connect instantly became automatic.

I’ve seen people actually get job done on phones, but that’s never been the case to me. To me the phone should ideally be an extension of my desktop. I’d been doing that with Chrome+Pixel for a while. But iPhone unlocked much more of macOS for me

It can be configured that way. But by default macOS behaves like Android/iOS keyboard. Personally, I’ve never had to long press to repeatedly type a key. Why is that a useful feature?

Why are you suggesting they add it to the emoji menu? On macOS this works exactly how it works on iOS/Android. Long press the key and the options show up

Its not too intuitive to find extensions. For instance, there’s no extensions store. You search in the App Store. Some apps by default come with an extension (1Password, Apollo, etc.)

Adblock is actually good. So good that I had to uninstall because the shopping links from Google didn’t work!

Safari supports extensions. What makes Firefox the first?

I felt the goalkeeping and defence was a joke. On both ends.

How is Google behind Samsung and Oneplus? Don’t they even make their own chipset now? Embarrassing tbh

The flagships seem good. But the cheap Samsungs are a nightmare. I set up an M14 for my sister and it kept installing Candy Crush and some gambling apps every night. I found this practice predatory and wouldn’t trust a company that did this

That isn’t the only reason tbh. Sometimes different apps can completely alter how we use the service. There already exist some apps that do Lemmy better than Lemmy itself and this will continue to grow. Hence everyone asking for apps

UI dev here. To add to this, good use of “negative space / white apace” is also beneficial in signalling abundance. The more negative space you can afford to “waste”, the more resources you signal to have.

Luxury brand ads are good examples. Compare this Citizen Watch ad (https://images.app.goo.gl/mALYonDz6qzKJjuJ6) to this (https://images.app.goo.gl/sTXzyrFXNDUxR8AR9)

https://boagworld.com/design/why-whitespace-matters/

Lot of Android apps call it “Tap to Pay” while Apple calls it “Hold near the reader”. Apple guidelines also prohibit developers from suggesting the user to bring their phone into contact with alien surfaces