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by gwilkes 2681 days ago
Agree with you 100%. I think all of Apple's online services are garbage (and I used them since iTools), most of their applications aren't so good either. Thankfully, their OSes get out of the way and are mostly pleasant to use, good platforms for others to build on.

I should probably add that I don't even think Apple is capable of making good online services which is one major reason I switched from iPhones to Nexus/Pixels in 2013. Sure you can use Google services with iPhones but for things like Google Photos they will always be better integrated with Android.
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addicted 2681 days ago
iMessage is better than any competitor and it’s not even close.

iCloud works excellently as a backup and sync service now.

iCloud photos is as good as Google Photos.

Apple’s service chops have really improved, as evidenced by their rollout of Apple Music which had no service related complaints (the complaints were around policy) AFAICT.

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gwilkes 2681 days ago
iMessage is nice but can't communicate fully (more than basic SMS/MMS) with roughly 85% of the active cell phones in the world.

iCloud Photos really isn't as good. The AI features, face recognition, free backup is all better on Google Photos.

Let's look at Apple Maps for example, do you ever think it will surpass or meet parity with Google Maps?

Look at icloud.com services with the online office suite, calendar, etc. Will that ever come close to Google Docs?

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