[gentoo-user] Re: Iphone and transferring image files, pics and videos.

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-09-28, Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net> wrote:

> I know a few people who use iPhones with Linux.

They've got more patience than I...

> It can usually be made to work with some trouble, but Apple
> constantly tries to lock out third party access, so it requires
> regular updates and tweaking.

Before I got my first smartphone, I had an iPod touch that I loved. It
was great for e-mail, games, music, etc. But, it was a nightmare
tryhing to get files to/from it. At the time, you couln't use Linux
_at_all_ with the touch models. Some of the older iPods would work
with certain Linux apps, sort of, somtimes, if you spent hours bashing
your head against a wall, and the phase of the moon was right.

iTunes on Windows was also a nightmare, but it usually worked,
eventually, after a few crashes and restarts.  Then I was given an
iPad. It was also a lovely device, but it had the same hatred for
Linux (and almost as much for Windows).

When I finally broke down and got a smartphone I abandoned iOS and
went Android -- and transferring files was trivial and reliable. I'm
on my fourth Android phone, and it still is. I also gave up on the
iPad and am on my second Kindle Fire.

IMO, you should only buy an iOS device if you're never, ever, going to
want it to interact with anything non-Apple.

--
Grant