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by rustcleaner 6 days ago
Very very poor format support on Apple devices. I have this problem when re-encoding videos for re-upload to Discord, SimpleX, and other destinations which have iOS users.

Only fix seems to be ditching Apple. I can only recommend GrapheneOS for [Pixel] phones (never Samsung), and a favorite flavor of GNU/Linux for general purpose (me: Qubes OS). Apple wants to sell a beautiful but limited walled garden, for a premium price... not worth it!
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ZekeSulastin 6 days ago
What are you possibly encoding for social media that doesn’t work on iOS?

Also the project in the original link is Mac only (hence the irony), so evangelizing Graphene and Qubes seems a lot out of left field.

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mingus88 6 days ago
This is such an insane take.

You are creating content to share with mobile users. The onus is on you to go where the market is to reach those people.

Pixel phones are 4% of the market and bespoke Linux versions of that are a slim fraction of that slim fraction.

Most people are fine with the tradeoff of living in a walled garden and not playing unsupported formats. As a content creator who obviously wants to reach them, the problem is not the users.

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