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by matwood
3073 days ago
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I'm in a similar boat, even down to when/why I switched. I have an Apple Watch, MBP, and iPhone, and am mostly happy with them. I also have a google home and a bunch of chromecasts. Siri just doesn't seem to work as well, while home is constantly improving. Software wise, Inbox is better than Mail.app, Google maps are better, Google calendar is better, Google photos are better, etc... |
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It's 2018 and my iPhone is sluggish as hell. My Mac is really slow too, and I definitely believe that the price of those devices is really too high for the time they last. I couldn't resolve to get back to the big G, because I really care about my privacy.
After some research, I rented a VPS (2vCPU, 4GB RAM, 2TB disk for 11€/month) and installed a Nextcloud instance on it to backup my files and photos mostly. I got back my old Nexus 5 and installed LineageOS without Google Apps nor MicroG (all I have installed on it comes from F-Droid, which rebuilds from source and signs the apk).
I can tell I'm much more satisfied with this set-up. I have to use an iPhone 6 at work, and it feels really silly that an older Nexus 5 is lightning fast compared to my iPhone 6. The latter keeps hanging and freezing all the time. Even simple tasks as text messaging or email consultation is a pain.