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Written by DankeyKang on 2025-01-27 at 19:12

Now that I'm properly settled in the [mobile] Apple ecosystem, I'm looking into an Apple Watch to replace my otherwise perfectly fine Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2.

Samsung hasn't updated the Galaxy Watch (Gear S) app/connector on iOS in TWO YEARS, and besides some features not being available or straight-up not working properly, I can't get my iOS alarms to buzz my watch too.

I hate that these devices are so damn dependent on specific hardware or services being used that they're practically worthless outside of the 'golden' setup.

While I know that Apple isn't much better in certain situations, I know that they do a HELL of a much better job re: software/hardware support over a long period of time. Although it no longer receives OS updates, I have an iPhone 5S that still works, and most functions still work just fine, although not all apps are available, of course.

Anyway, Android sucks now and the AOSP is a joke (solely in that it's frustrating/difficult/unusable for the general user without adding Google's junk).

At least Apple largely stays out of the way after initial setup, for better or worse.

No more sneakily re-enabled Google Photos sync filling up my free storage tier, no more "Finish setting up your phone" for weeks after initially setting it up and multiple times confirming "Yeah, I'm fucking good, stop asking me".

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Written by DankeyKang on 2025-01-27 at 19:16

So the entire point of writing all that context was to laugh at Apple's trade-in system (in Canada).

As of today (Jan 27, 2025), trying to choose non-Apple devices, specifically Samsung or Google (Phone, tablet, smartwatch) for trade-in on a watch results in ZERO trade-in value, and an offer to recycle your 'worthless' device.

Meanwhile I can get $80 for a 1st-gen iPad Pro 12.9.

Jfc, I know Pixel devices are shit, but DAMN.

There'd be a lot of diehard Pixel fans who would be very upset by this information if they lived a single moment outside their circle-jerk.

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Written by DankeyKang on 2025-01-27 at 19:20

This reply is to (hopefully) steer the enthusiast/prosumer crowd from suggesting custom ROMs.

Look, I love tinkering as much as the next geek, but at this point in my life, I want my smartphone experience to be convenient and relatively intuitive to use. I also want to be able to use my banking and media apps without playing a game of cat-and-mouse with SafetyNet. 🙄

I appreciate the hustle, but it's really not for me.

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