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They've been copying iOS for years, time to bring some of that Windows "consistency" into the mix.

It's astonishing that anyone can say this with a straight face. Just unbelievable the effect Apple has on some people. Gruber finally getting disenfranchised. Eeven my most annoying/obsessive iOS-fan friends have admitted that they are jealous of my camera, my ability to do real multi-tasking, upload photos with the screen off, have the audio and BT audio work reliably. It's just stunning what some iOS users don't know.

Do you think that audio (or bluetooth) doesn't work reliably on ios? Why?

I worked on a couple of Internet of Things projects 5-6 years ago, working on Android was a breeze with BLE, and other IoT protocols. iOS on the other hand, you’re lucky you can get a pairing even. But I’m sure this has been improved today.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever tried to use this.

My iPhone is the only device I ever used where BT audio actually works without any issues or limitations. I think I've had a single half-second interruption in two years.

I've used Android since version 2.3, it was far ahead for a while but got unbearably annoying. I'm not using iOS because of Apple but because of Google.

Both Android and iOS still lag behind Windows Phone 8.1 in UX despite it being dead for 8 years now, and sadly that likely will never change. Too bad Microsoft didn't learn from it either.

> It's astonishing that anyone can say this with a straight face

I thought it was a joke. Consistency in Windows is long gone.

To be fair, as of late, iOS has been copying Android more than the other way around - think notifications and widgets.

Those were both more than 10 years ago.

And both from WebOS.

Not really, the proper widgets people mean were introduced in iOS 14 which was 5 years ago.

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