Apple iOS

“A smartphone with GrapheneOS or iOS is far more private and secure than any traditional desktop/laptop computer”

“On iOS, beautiful SFSymbol icons that floated beautifully on flat surfaces since iOS 7.0 were encased in absolutely similar circular 'liquid Glass' blobs.”

“iOS (other than settings menu which is absolute garbage) makes much more sensible design decisions than Google”

“The lastest versions of iOS are perfectly capable of being locked down in a such a way that they are not able to be penetrated by Cellebrite.”

“It's "better" if you like eye candy, animations are more drawn out and deliberate. Otherwise they're functionally identical”

“Things are or were labeled wrong... I clicked a button for "upgrade to iOS 27" but then follow up dialogue is talking about upgrading to 26.7.”

“It's NOT possible to turn LG off in iOS 26. It is possible to reduce transparency and motion (i tried with and without enabling those and it's broken anyway).”

“the later having felt slower and less responsive over time (mostly due to animation speeds/aesthetic choices rather than a hardware defect)”

“Apple has done a very good job protecting the OS with it. They've done a very poor job getting the app ecosystem to adopt it.”

“The hardware and software security of Android/iOS/iPadOS/GOS devices are leagues ahead of Linux servers in all aspects”

“iOS will be quite good BFU but on iOS the auto reboot (brings phone to BFU after 72 hours without unlocking) is, well, 72 hours.”

“I trust iOS with my banking and financial apps in a way that I would never trust Google, but I am under no illusion that any architecture can be completely secure.”

“iOS 27 seems to be an absolutely massive refinement update. Basically everything is faster and more polished.”

“desktop operating systems like Windows and desktop Linux distributions are much less secure than Android or iOS”

“Nobody's popped the storage encryption on iOS or MacOS devices yet AFAIK; and the fact that it's tied to a hardware secure element makes it pretty strong.”

“Instead of maintaining any sort of ABI and API stability, Apple offloads a constant burden of maintenance updates across thousands of developers”

“I hate that Apple is no longer providing security updates on iOS18 except to devices that cannot run 26”

“Everyone says that 26 is lousy on all but the newest devices, so I am not going to update.”

“Now in iOS 26, you can just be typing in Notes or just the safari address bar for example, and the keyboard will randomly lag behind and freeze”

“I have to literally tap several times on core system UI elements like navigation bar left and right buttons for the touches to register, this is Bad.”

“I recently also learned about "three finger swipe to undo" in iOS instead of shaking the damn thing like it owes me money.”

“I rather still enjoy using my devices running these operating systems and think that the interface is great.”

“Windows (and iOS) did make genuine improvements to OSs but because of decisions like these most users are locked out of enjoying them”

“if you are specifically after privacy and security in your personal device then GrapheneOS or post-MIE iOS will be your most sensible choices”

“Actionable notifications are a bit cumbersome on iOS since you need to long-press the notification for actions, but it does work.”

“MacOS and iOS generally (up until recently, from what I've heard) have very good uptake rates for major updates.”

“Apple has offered outstanding support for older devices in terms of iOS support for quite old devices.”

“I do not like that iOS doesn't allow for alternative engines but I appreciate that it's basically the only thing that even somewhat reigns Google in.”

“There was no public API for notification stream access, scanning for specific Bluetooth devices, floating UI widgets, or even just persistent daemons.”

“The big difference is in what Apple won't let you do, like get your GPS location without telling Apple or install an app without telling Apple.”

“This privacy protection in conjunction with significantly better movie recording compared to Android are the two primary reasons I stay on iOS.”

“The sole reason I migrated from Android to Apple was to receive security upgrades for years not months.”

“It felt to me like it got quite close to its intention: to highlight content, and withdraw the UI only to the bare minimum to get stuff done.”

“every single time I watch a video my eye is drawn to the fucking stupid glass-y diffraction patterns and away from the content I was watching”

“I definitely still notice the (inconsistent? Only occasional? Which makes it even worse) parts of my UI that now look like something from a circa 2001 Java”

“I also find these dark patterns unacceptable and even as a technical person one needs forums to figure out why it only shows the 26.2 update very prominently”

“Apple is actively hiding 18.7.3 on most iPhones, despite the update showing on iPads. Perhaps a mistake, perhaps an attempt to force 26 onto users.”

“The previous version of iOS (iOS 18). I'm not sure when it started (maybe iOS 7), but that and then Android following suit was a great UI.”

“If iOS opened up the ability to implement your own assistant like VoiceInteractionService on Android, you wouldn't have to worry about it.”

“I think the glass effect is eye-catching in a good way, and is much-less of a readability issue than I had expected.”