[duhi88]

They're not the underdog anymore, they're very profitable, they make lukewarm claims for headlines that fall apart under scrutiny (the kind of scrutiny that tech geeks are all about), and in recent history have acted pretty badly towards developers.

All that said, after building a Linux machine for development and general client work, I consider Macs the best option out there. Everything from being able to copy 2FA codes from my phone and pasting on my computer, to colored tags and smart folders in Finder make my work easier. Also, Bluetooth is just a breeze under macOS.

[f1refly]

Hate to be that guy, but I copy paste clipboard contents across devices with kde connect. It's so reliable that I tried doing it when fixing my mum's computer without realizing it's not a magic built in thing that computers just do for some reason.

[wayneftw]

I can't find this for iOS, but I only searched briefly.

I did see some Reddit thread about someone creating an iOS port but saying that it lacked all the functionality of the Android app.

[nvrspyx]

That's because it's impossible to implement that functionality in iOS with its locked-down APIs. It's the same reason that Microsoft's Your Phone app is limited on iOS compared to Android. On iOS, only Apple has the privilege to implement such features and they limit the interoperability with macOS.

[f1refly]

Considering that your're not allowed to do anything interesting with the system when developing for ios, that's not surprising to me. I connect my android with my gnu/linux machine and my windows videogame box, that's all I tested.

[lern_too_spel]

On Android, I can transparently use a third party messaging service that also delivers phone calls and messages to my computers. I don't even need my phone with me to do what rendezvous does. This just isn't possible on iOS due to its restrictions on APIs available to third parties.