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I've been an Android & Mac & Windows user for the last 15 years, (Windows just for gaming), iOS only on an old iPad, and have no plans to change that, but while I do have frustrations with all 3 systems, iOS is wildly irritating to me. Thankfully I've only been forced to use it on a phone for a short term work requirement, but my god I was happy to not have an iPhone in my life after that. Keyboard and notifications were unavoidably annoying to interact with. I've always loved Apple hardware though, and hope that they can turn things around on the mac software side

by tempestn3 hours ago|

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I'm curious why my experience with Windows 11 is so different from what I regularly read. It was some years ago now, so I don't remember exactly what configuration steps I went through, but presumably I turned off ads when I first installed. And so, I don't get ads. I don't recall ever seeing an ad embedded in Windows. Are people talking about Edge (which I don't use) or inside the Microsoft Store (which I very rarely use, but I presume does have sponsored apps or whatever)? Or is this mostly people who don't use Windows, repeating what others have said? Or are these ads targeted at users who aren't me?

by daggersandscars3 hours ago|

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There is a setting that turns off many of the notifications that irritate people.

Settings -> System -> Notifications. Scroll to the bottom, expand Additional settings. Uncheck "Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device" and "Get tips and suggestions when using Windows".

I get more prompts from macOS about Apple products than I get from Windows about Microsoft products after unchecking those two settings.

by pbmonster2 hours ago|

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Your Windows 11 experience strongly, strongly depends on where you are. Are you inside the EU? 90% of the crap people complain about is simply illegal and you don't see any of it.

by sleight4225 minutes ago|

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In the US, of course, our government loves to let citizens be the product for corporations. America: by the corporations for the corporations.

Even more true now than it has been in maybe 100 years.

by 4rt3 hours ago|

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I've also never seen an ad in windows 11.

I did uninstall all of the weird apps like "News" "Weather" etc.

by thebruce87m3 hours ago|

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> When I jump to Android I think garmin is probably the best choice, but maybe there are good wearables now. Unfortunately Android doesn’t have its act together re:built in health data database.

I have a Garmin Fenix 8 - the latest flagship. I love the look of the watch but it does not feel snappy to use in any way- significant lag after each button press. Not enough to make me immediately go back to an Apple Watch but I do miss the snappiness.

But the Connect app is actually pretty good in terms of a central place to look at the stats.

by rationalist3 hours ago|

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With Android (GrapheneOS), I can customize stuff on the phone that you can't customize with iOS.

It reminds me of Apple's 1984 commercial, except that Apple users are the ones sitting down, all looking identical, drinking the Kool-Aid from Big Brother.

by n8cpdx2 hours ago|

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The irony is that things like HealthKit make it easy to build a system out of parts that just work together - my glucose monitor, watch, and scale all feed data into my nutrition tracking app seamlessly, and if I want an AI spin on the data, I use a separate app that reads the same data. Very hard to do that on Android.

My iPhone seamlessly adapts to my working context using focus modes automation - Android still doesn’t do that; maybe they have launchers with equivalent features.

Android makes it easy to customize the things I don’t want to customize, and hard to customize the things I do.

by nathan_douglas2 hours ago|

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Which customizations do you find most beneficial?