Hello dear readers. Today I would like to discuss with you the differences in the approach Apple and Google to the owners of devices on different operating systems.
Usually Sergey Kuzmin writes in this section, but it seemed to me that today's topic would be ideal for this format, so I decided to take it, Sergey was not against it, and that was the decision.
I use Android and iOS in roughly equal proportions, however my main computer is an iMac and my laptop is a MacBook Pro. Google has nothing to do with it, it's more likely to be 'guilty' Microsoft, but we'll talk about that another time. You can safely call me that multiplatform user, I either go with my phone to Android, then with iPhone, sometimes as a tablet I have iPad, and sometimes a test model on Android. With all this, I want some kind of unity and synchronization of this whole zoo of devices, and what do Google and Apple offer us for this?
More or less regularly using iPhone I started a year and a half ago, when I decided that in the midst of all the gadget chaos and variety, a little stability in the form of a permanent phone would not hurt. Since I already had an iMac and I heard a lot of good things about iOS from my friends, it was decided to purchase iPhone 5s for this purpose. The initial transition went surprisingly smoothly. For iOS there is Gmail, Google Now, Chrome, Hangouts, Google Drive and other applications from Google, but their interface is slightly different, but the +/- functionality is the same. Another plus was the ability to pull up all your contacts from your Google account, a couple of clicks and now your phone book has already been transferred to iPhone. Yes, there were some features iOS that annoyed me, but in this post I would like to point out the loyal behavior of Google: it doesn't matter if Android or iOS you have, that's all applications will still be at hand.
Literally a month and a half ago, I returned from iOS to Android and ran into a number of problems. For example, I am very used to the proprietary Notes app from Apple. The thing is that it is very light and fast, both on iOS and on OS X, the same Evernote is much slower. Another habit is Safari and iMessage, in the first I have sorted bookmarks since the days of the iMac, in the second – correspondence with several important people. The third is music from iTunes, which I also use regularly. And Apple gives almost no import options. No iMessage app, no notes, no iTunes music (only with third-party apps).
Behavior Apple is reasonable and has one simple goal – to bind to your ecosystem, but this does not make it easier for multiplatform users. Google is another matter: you will have a full set of their services, regardless of whether you use Android or iOS. And gradually you start switching to them, I even used Google Keep for a while, although I really like the 'Notes' in iOS. After all, you know that even by changing the platform, all your data can be easily transferred.
What do you say, dear readers? Do you feel connected to the ecosystem from Apple? Or are you a fan of Google services? I propose to share your opinion in the comments, do not forget to indicate at the same time which of iOS and Android – devices you use.