I use a lot of programming and sef hosting things at home. I have to enter passwords and write basic text files which have to be accurately read by all devices.
I, for the life of me, could not manage to solve a problem about a password. I tried many forums and what not and eventually a person on one of the forum said that my syntax is incorrect. I was so confused because I have done the exact same thing hundreds of times and it never caused an issue.
What I wanted to write was (quotes are a part of it) ‘xyz’. This is what my PC writes. iOS decides that it should be ‘xyz’. There is a subtle difference in the quotes if you look carefully.
I wanted to trash by iPhone and buy an Android so bad at that moment.
Anyways that setting can be changed by turning off smart punctuation in keyboard settings. But the point is trashy defaults with no clear communication about it.
This whole post might be stupid and petty but it is pushing me to stop using everything Apple.
Honestly not a great example. There are countless cases where iOS is designed such that a feature or process works in a specific way, and if that doesn’t work for you, then you’re the problem. Especially with customization. Extremely basic Android stuff like widgets, a homescreen you can rearrange, and alternative keyboards took over a decade to be finally adopted by Apple. Swiping still isn’t a thing AFAIK.
Swiping is available by default since iOS13 in 2019 https://www.idropnews.com/news/how-to-use-the-new-slide-to-type-keyboard-in-ios-13-and-ipados/109967
If I am the problem, the solution is not using iOS.
What is swiping?
Dragging your finger across the keyboard instead of typing. It’s a lot faster.
It was popularized by third-party Android keyboards like Swype and SwiftKey about a decade ago, and has been integrated into the default keyboards for many years now.
It has been around on iOS for quite some time
Ah, good to know. Anyway, such simple qol improvements take years to arrive on iOS, and the core issue is that you’re not given any choice in Apple’s walled garden until they bequeath them upon you in exactly the way they see fit.
It is improving and android is degrading. I don’t know where we are heading, hopefully to linux phones.
If Android is degrading, it’s mostly in ways that Google is trying to become Apple. Walled garden philosophy, closed source base image, pushing subscriptions, removing niche but critical options, prioritizing sleek design over customization and functionality…
iOS and Android are moving towards a similar target, even copying each other’s features.
Your viewpoint is bad, and you should feel bad. Why are you even here?