Alex: Hi Trevor, You may not believe it, but I want to delete my Google account. I bought a iPhone SE last night. I have the following things against Google:
- YouTube is too addicting with their personalized home page.
- Google's search is personalized too, making the result biased.
- Google's ad service is makes my phone a personal mall, seeking to sale me anything according to advertisers desires, if it matches my profile.
- Google does not respect the privacy of my email, using it to their advantage; keep in mind, the many other things that they track such as: search, browsing, having questionnaires, and more.
I want to become free from this culture. Like I freed myself cares of movie, music, & celebrity industry. I want to free myself from YouTube & Google.
Trevor: Okay
Alex: This iPhone will enable me to get my old 0611 phone number back. hopefully going to Xfinity mobile, having free calling & texting. You think so? Transitioning away from T-mobile to have one less bill. They only charge for data.
Trevor: Yeah if Xfinity can work for you.
Alex: What do you think of my reasoning against Google? Are they fair & accurate? I may want to get into Linux too. Didn't you say that you like the SE?
Trevor: The SE is a nice size but now it could be getting outdated for system updates.
Alex: What do you think of my reasoning against Google? Are they fair & accurate?
Trevor: I could see that. For me I use YouTube because I usually I keep up to date with tech, and entertain me on my work commute. Personally I like targeted ads because its for me better than random ads that don't apply to me. You can always delete any info Google has on you in your data. You can always use YouTube without logging in if you don't like personalization.
Alex: I may use YouTube without logging it, but it is definitely less attractive without logging in, which I am happy about.
Trevor: Linux is fun. I just don't have time for it
Alex: Is messenger private yet?
Trevor: Messenger from Facebook? Facebook is worse than Google in Privacy.
Alex: Yes. I may want to get away from Microsoft.
Trevor: Linux just has some compatibility problems if you need it for specific programs.
Alex: It is easier to get away from Facebook. You don't need a Facebook account to access Android. Facebook's advertising is not universal.
Trevor: That's true. You can opt out of targeted ads on Facebook. Android without Google is crippled. You can still use it but the versatility is severely dulled
Alex: I am not worried as much about Facebook. I barely use it; plus, they are trying to be more private.
Trevor: You would need to download things through APKs
Alex: Have you been following the Hauwei news? Their cellphone division was basically destroyed; 10 billion dollar market share. Trevor: Yeah because Trump is using Huawei as a asset in the China-USA trade war. It's not because of Chins is "spying on us" He has no evidence.
Alex: Painfully Honest Tech said evidence was presented on a Thursday a couple weeks ago.
Trevor: On FPT Prosser cited a video in which Trump said he would consider letting Huawei work with the US if Chins would agree
Alex: Trump has no tact. Trade deal conversation makes it obvious, but it is on snippet of the entire conversation. Huawei would have been blacklisted a long time ago, if our politics had not become so liberal.
Trevor: Trump is a businessman not a political leader.
Alex: Huawei is China's main tech company; heavily part of their communist efforts.
Trevor: He hasn't been informing the consumers anything and isn't telling us the real reason Huawei has been banned with any US businesses.
Alex: Trump has no tact.
Trevor: Hopefully China can make a deal
Alex: I hope that the ban is not lifted with the trade deal; then, Trump would not be a businessman.
Trevor: Well it would suck to see Huawei and competition die. They're the only company to compete with Samsung and Apple
Alex: Competition would surely not die, but be as the Gods, knowing good and evil.
Trevor: Hahaha. Huawei would die without Android; thus, would leave Samsung and Apple yet again
Alex: Huawei is not a phone company.
Trevor: They say they have factories for in house chips and a OS they are working on it but I doubt it would give fruit
Alex: They existed before Android.
Trevor: Globally they are, Which is what matters
Alex: Smartphone companies have died before. Motorola.
Trevor: Competition encourages innovation and lower prices and variety. As a consumer I don't want just Samsung. Motorola is not dead.
Alex: It was huge.
Trevor: It's still around. They sell it in Best Buy
Alex: HTC
Trevor: HTC has unfortunately reduced to a Block-chain smartphone company. I think Google has HTC for some things
Alex: Samsung tried to kill them, but Google saved them.
Trevor: Yeah. Anyways Huawei was on the way to becoming a force to reckon with. A leader in smartphones Since this announcement it's very uncertain their future
Alex: China is like one gigantic company. Their business tactics are not fair.
Trevor: Huawei will still sell in the China
Alex: Yep.
Trevor: But they'll be just like the apple of China.
Alex: Oh yeah. That's an interesting thought. It might make them more profitable. Probably not. Chinese software sucks.
Trevor: I think Apple is endangered of being banned in China which could stifle their expansion and growth.
Alex: Taking business away from China would strength other international business ties, and increase our self-reliance.
Trevor: Maybe but we want good relationships with China being they make everything. haha I don't want high tariffs passed to me
Alex: Doesn't Apple have factories in India?
Trevor: I think so
Alex: Apple should be fine without China. People may buy more of Apple, if it were not made in China. Communism is evil.
Trevor: we have factories inland but Apple needs growth to not stagnate
Alex: Apple is diversifying.
Trevor: They're going towards services
Alex: Harvesting more wool from their sheep
Trevor: They need to saturate their sheep with endless bills
Alex: haha. I think the cell phone industry competition is dying anyways. It is stagnating. The ban will make new movement.
Trevor: I want Google to succeed and grow in the smartphone industry which they have started to show with their Pixel 3a. They have the potential.
Alex: What cellphones would the global market purchase without Huawei? Samsung?
Trevor: Samsung, Xiaomi could expand, except their Ex Googler leader have left them now. LG sucks they haven't done well in recent years. OnePlus will grow.
Alex: Sony's cell phones have died too. Who is OnePlus with?
Trevor: Except if Trump starts to ban more Chinese industries. Google needs more budget options to continue forth. Their last Q the Pixel 3 sold poorly.
Alex: Pixel 4 is almost more mainstream, but cell phone designs are more distinguished this year. It is not unique.
Trevor: It's a Samsung look alike, but it should have a 90hz screen like the OnePlus 7 Pro
Alex: I expect that the punch hole will not be like the notch. Samsung is not a company to copy this round.
Trevor: The punch hole is pleasing to the eye is more discreet. I don't think Google will risk with a popup camera.
Alex: I don't see punch hole city being built quickly. Notch City is huge.
Trevor: It's only Samsung who does it so you'll need to purchase panels from them. Maybe China has copied them already. Who do you think will rise internationally?
Alex: Internationality should not be dominated by China. China should not be its face.
Trevor: South Korea?
Alex: Them too.
Trevor: Apple? Google?
Alex: South Korea is a little Communist because Samsung and other companies are funded by their government.
Trevor: Is LG?
Alex: Apple & Google are not countries.
Trevor: 5555. They might as well be. They have more power than most countries.
Alex:
Trevor: Tariffs 😞 Do you think Trump will get any trade deals?
Alex: I don't know if this statement is true. "South Korea is a little Communist because Samsung and other companies are funded by their government." I heard it from a HTC person.
Trevor: I don't know either. I mean Obama's funded some car companies don't mean we are Communist.
Alex: Someone who worked there. He said Samsung was dominating Taiwan because it was helped by the government.
Trevor: Yeah I have no clue
Alex: Maybe it is a socialist practice
Trevor: Yeah socialist is more probable
Alex: Socialism leads to Communism.
Trevor: Yeah. Obama's idea of Federal funded health care was socialist
Alex: Yep. Samsung killed HTC. It's on its deathbed. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/
Trevor: HTC didn't innovate after some higher-ups left; even though, their slogan was quiet brilliant. OnePlus is probably categorized as Oppo, since they're under them.
Alex: Sony died in 2012.
Trevor: Nokia died in 2011.
Alex: HTC died then too.
Trevor: Yeah that's when some of the leading designers left
Alex: Before 2011 was the hay day.
Trevor: Scott Scroyle went on to form Next bit which was bought by Razer and since he has moved on. I remember 2010 was a year of phones before I left on my mission. He left in 2014 i guess. Blackberry is still popular in some part of Canada/US. They died in 2010. RIM-BB. Samsung really sold the most Q4 2018
Alex: How do you think we will transition to Fuchsia OS?
Trevor: Probably in a couple years. It will probably first be on Pixelbooks and Smart-home devices
Alex: hm
Trevor: Phones I think will be adopting it later since Android is so predominant https://9to5google.com/2019/05/09/what-is-google-fuchsia/
pocketnow.com/huawei-defends-apple-against-possible-ban
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