john.wedgeworth
Commenting since June 2025
On I’ve used the Pixel 11 Pro XL and iPhone 18 Pro Max, and Apple’s ecosystem isn’t enough anymore ·
I appreciate the even-handedness of this very much! This is basically the perfect article for someone who is on the fence between these two phones, which, ultimately, are BOTH great! I'm "team Pixel" myself with a 10 Pro XL. Since I upgrade every two years, I'll be sitting the 11 out, but will be following news on the 12 closely. If I ever go back to macOS, I will go back to iOS. But unless or until that happens (and I'm pretty happy on Fedora Linux), I'll stay on Android (I like it better anyway). My 19yr old daughter, on the other hand, who has been on iPhone since forever did confide to me the other day that she has been feeling really tempted to jump ship and join me over on Pixel. So I sent this article to her. It's practically written for her specifically! I hope it helps her make up her mind. Thank you again for such an excellent resource for someone like her! Cheers!
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On After a month with the Pixel 10, I admit I was wrong ·
As a current Pixel 8 Pro user who had planned to get the 10 Pro XL, but might have to wait for the 11 series, I don't know whether or not I'd be willing to go down to the "non-pro". But one thing I believe wholeheartedly (as a lover of big phone screens) regardless of the answer to that question: just as we have a "10 Pro" and "10 Pro XL", I absolutely, positively believe we should also have a "10" and a "10 XL". Now, obviously, it's far too late for a "10 XL" itself, but whether I go "Pro XL" or not, I absolutely want there to be an "11 XL" next year. Apple does this. I wish Google would as well!
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On Congrats, Apple, you just caught up to the Pixel 3 ·
First of all, as a Pixel user, I LOVE this article! And I love the taunting, playful, irreverent nature of it. However, I will take one teeny, tiny, relatively trivial exception with it: as the only non-iPhone user in the house, and with my wife being on the iOS 26 beta, I will say that I actually like how it looks. I do agree that I like Material 3 even better, of course! But still, iOS 26 is pretty....at least so far as *I'm* concerned!.... .....but the thing is, just like how Apple is attempting to shill their call features as impossible up til now and completely revolutionary (which makes we Pixel user literally gaffaw), so too is Apple's (admittedly attractive) new look....not really new at all. As a Linux user, macOS 26 (which borrows much of the same aesthetic changes as iOS) is simply following in the footsteps of Deepin (DDE). And I don't even say that as a Deepin fanboy. Though I'm happy to dabble on the side with anything Linux, I am first and foremost, a Gnome user. But yeah, Deepin had Apple beat to market by YEARS! So, you and I can "agree to disagree" on whether the new iOS/macOS/iPadOS is "attractive". But what we CAN definitely sing kumbaya about is this: Apple is CLEARLY taking old, already well established things from other makers, and attempting to shill them off as "brand spanking new". And to that, I say, "Shame on you Apple! Your pants have clearly fallen down!" 😂🙃🍻
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On Here’s when Android 16's Material 3 Expressive redesign and Desktop Mode will roll out ·
Even if I feel like I'm one of the very very very few people who even give a damn about desktop mode.....I really really give a damn! For me, I could see it becoming a fairly regularly used feature! While I do not see Android 16 desktop mode probably ever becoming my "main computer ", I can see a ready use-case for dropping in on it fairly frequently, especially for quick, light computing where I don't need to bust out the big rigs, and/or for continuing working on something I had already been working on on my phone itself. There are also a handful of "idle" mobile games that I occasionally drop in on (such as Tiny Tower), and it'd be nice to be able to let them do their thing in a window in the background while I concentrate on something else. And lastly, though I use my phone as "a phone" as little as I can get a way with, I do like the idea of taking and making phone calls from the desktop with my gaming headset for not only higher fidelity sound, but also greater convenience. In my house, I have DP-Alt Mode USB-C docks hooked up at three of our four computer desks and four of our five TVs. Between my main computer (a laptop) and the Steam Deck (which I actually do use occasionally in desktop mode), and my usually preferring to use them docked, I actually do use all these docks pretty regularly! I even have a dock or two set up over at my parents' house, who live just across town and whom I visit once or twice a month. So I already have the infrastructure well in place for setting up just anywhere, more or less, and, of course, I already have a compatible phone...so there wouldn't be any kind of cost or delay of entry for me whatsoever. I'm already all set to go once Google is. :-) So, yeah, I'm really excited about this! Bring it on Google! I'll be waiting!!
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