Ecosystem Lock-In: How tied are you to your phone, tablet or mobile OS/platform?

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How tied are you to your mobile ecosystem?

  • Very - I'm not leaving unless it turns to complete garbage

  • A little - I have apps, features or services I prefer to keep

  • Not so much - I'm on it for now, but I can jump at any time

  • Not at all/Already live in multiple ecosystems

  • Huh? What's an ecosystem?


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Puddle Jumper

Platinum Member
Nov 4, 2009
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I'm not really locked into an Ecosystem but I don't like any of the alternatives, iOS is stale and Windows Phone doesn't have enough flexibility to be useful.

I'd consider a Windows 8 tablet but that's just another x86 pc so it wouldn't really tie me to anything.
 

Kneedragger

Golden Member
Feb 18, 2013
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LOL. SplashID was the first App I bought on iOS and, for a long time, it was the only paid app I owned (until my kids made me buy games). I used it on my Palm-based PDAs, and then phones.

MotionMan

Great app for having that sensitive info available. Do you still use it?
 

Red Storm

Lifer
Oct 2, 2005
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I am invested in the Google services. Things like Maps, Gmail, Google Voice, Google Talk, Google Chrome, etc. are all super useful and coordinate very well with my laptop/desktop usage. While I could jump ship to another OS at any time I would be giving up a lot, and that's not even including widgets and apps.