I’m on a similar journey. I have never allowed myself to fully buy into the Apple ecosystem, because I was wary of being locked into it. But I had a MBP for several years, and I use a MBP for work, and an iPhone has been my phone for the past 6 years or so. Right now, all I need to do is ditch the iPhone. I just pre-ordered a Kompakt, so if that ends up working out, I will be out of Apple’s ecosystem for good.
I have a Framework laptop as my main computer (running Linux), a Garmin for my smartwatch/fitness tracker, and I’m looking into getting a digital audo player for music. I use a paper journal for writing/notes.
All told, I think leaving is very doable, but it’s a process.
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Thank you for the feedback so far. From my side, feel free to share anything you think can help you or others in the future.
Just a quick update:
The devices arrived in bad shape, and I didn’t want to take the risk, so I sent them back. For now, there is no replacement with the same price tag, so I’ll delay the transition. However, I intend to install Linux on Mac through a virtual machine and start to get used to it and adapt to what can be needed.
Mailbox.org has some limitations, especially with the primary calendar that cannot be deleted or reset. I’ve uploaded my calendar twice by mistake, and everything is doubled, which is a lot of work to delete each one from a two-year planning calendar. Perhaps in the future, I’ll try Tuta or Posteo.
I was ready with Firefox, but the news I shared in the other topic here in the forum yesterday made me delete my account there. It is getting hard to find some virtual peace…
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I absolutely loved reading this topic. I did buy into the Apple ecosystem, ever since Apple resurrected from the old rainbow Apple logo to the newly improved minimalist-white logo. At the time, it was claimed Apple has better security measures compared to Windows. So I went through several Apple laptops through the years, had an iPod nano at one point that I desperately wanted and my Mom surprised me with for Christmas. At some point, I got tired of Bootcamp because see, most of the games and softwares I wanted to run, I preferred using Windows for and so that was the first time I changed from Apple. Still, it was difficult to get out of the iPhone switch-in/trades. I owned one Android device and the phone was fine, but I really hated the camera and the emojis. It’s stupid, I know, but I switched back to the iPhone 8 as my next phone, and this is where it ends for me (in regards to phones). I’ve had my iPhone 8 since 2018, I believe, and I had purchased an iPad 12.9" screen in early 2024 for graphic design and college. And this is where it ends for all Apple products for me. If I had known better at the time, I wouldn’t have purchased it, but in the last few years have I learned more about why Apple is no longer for me.
So this is my way out of the Apple ecosystem. The only two devices I have left is my old iPhone 8 that I want to keep as a backup smartphone since it still functions, even though it’s only a matter of time before Apple stops supporting this phone. At this point, it’s so old, it’s not even worth selling, so I’ll just keep it until I don’t need it any longer and it dies. I’ll use the LP3 as my main phone. My second device being this iPad and well, not sure if I can sell it, but I want to get my money’s worth-- it’s been about 2.5 years now and right now it serves as my computer since my laptop charging duct broke. Eventually, I want to get an e-ink computer desktop and a different tablet or laptop for on the go. So, I too am on a personal question to leave Apple behind. It may be a little slower for me, but soon I will only be reliant on my iPad.
In case anyone knows-- how easy is it to sell a fairly recent iPad? And what are good alternatives I can research to replace it? I’m apart of the e-ink subreddit and I’ve definitely seen the reviews of some guy who compares a bunch of e-ink devices together. Seems like they all have their pros and cons, like anything. It’s always made it difficult for me focusing in which is best,
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