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For an end user iphones arnt that bad tbh just expensive. Says me running the superior GrapheneOS tho.
"not that bad" — a very comfortable and well-decorated prison. But you can't blame pixelfed for every poor choice its users might make in their lives.
A very particular type of prison too
They're user-hostile from the top down. They've gone to great lengths to ensure they're not repairable. They're responsible for basically all the anti-consumer hardware trends that eventually bleed across the entire industry. And you can only install apps that Apple has put their little rubber stamp on after paying $100/year for the privilege of publishing apps on their platform.
Ahh I'd never get one for myself. But for the people who don't care about freedom, ownership, and money its great.