Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one
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With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

  • WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I was considering this on and off, but never really attempted to do this.

    Biggest dealbreaker was lack of USB-C cable, but here are few other issues:

    1. No easy & free way to sideload apps.
    2. No ability to install 3rd party OS.
    3. No proper files management.
    4. Clipboard and files sharing is still a joke. It works, but is uncomfortable as fuck.
    5. Lack of cusotmization almost for every aspect of a phone.
    6. Inability to self-repair. Apple made it harder on purpose.
    7. Overpriced smartphones & gadgets.
    8. Can’t simply upload & download files from my PC (both Windows & Linux).
    9. Shitty media format support.
    10. Apple wallet does not support discount cards.
    11. Buying an Apple device means I would literally support anti-consumer company with shitty behavior towards its users.
    • arc@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Apple doesn’t allow “questionable” apps like emulators, bit torrent clients on its store and of course you can’t sideload them either.

      • WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Mostly done by ad-blocking DNS server at home (or via VPN when I am away), but yeah - no ability on Apple. Also impossible to root.

        I don’t do root anymore, but I would love to have this available as an option. Opens much more possibilities.

        • pup_atlas@pawb.socialEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          This just, isn’t true? You can just download the Ad Block Plus Safari extension, just like you can on a desktop/laptop machine. You could even add a user script manager to block ads yourself if you’re so inclined. This has been in iOS for years, at least 4.

            • pup_atlas@pawb.socialEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              You can also use the system-wide ad blockers that function via iOS’s built in VPN functionality. That’s how Android does it too.

              • Chobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I always found the VPN solution felt really heavy. I remember on Android you could at least also have hostfile and DNS blocking too… But maybe that was only because I was on a rooted device?

                • pup_atlas@pawb.socialEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  You’ve been able to use DNS-based solutions on iOS basically forever. I don’t really like them because they can be more technical than the average user is likely to jive with (they tend to cause a lot of issues browsing the web normally in my experience), but it’s pretty much always been around.

    • Chobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have an iPhone, but I will say for me the biggest deal breaker with it is absolutely not the lack of USB-C support (though that sucks and THANK GOD they’re switching)… The lack of sideloading for apps is a much bigger problem IMO, because it’s really hard for free and open source apps to even exist on iOS (which makes paid apps, subscriptions, and advertising much more common). Honestly, I’d care a lot less about the lack of sideloading if it wasn’t for the other inconvenient facts, like the a $100/year developer license to publish anything on the App Store, or the fact that you pretty much need to have a Mac to develop for the iPhone… The $100/year developer license is just a death sentence for any open source apps and hobby / passion project apps. It’s not thaaaat much money, but it’s a lot to pay on top of putting in a bunch of free work to build an app in the first place.