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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jul 2013

    If you’ve been focused on iOS for the last few years, play with a Nexus 4. It ’s an eye-opening experience. I fear Google even more now. #xd

    8:52 AM - 18 Jul 2013
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      2. Ian Betteridge  🇪🇺‏Verified account @ianbetteridge 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral When you consider that my N4 cost a third of the price of my iPhone 5, it's pretty awesome.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @ianbetteridge

        @ianbetteridge Of course it did; it’s subsidised by Google. Its purpose is to enable you to give your data to Google.

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      4. Ian Betteridge  🇪🇺‏Verified account @ianbetteridge 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Never been sure about how heavily it's subsidised, to be honest. When you run the numbers, you need to click on a LOT of ads...

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @ianbetteridge

        @ianbetteridge It's not about the ads. A comprehensive profile of you is infinitely more monetisable.

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      6. Ian Betteridge  🇪🇺‏Verified account @ianbetteridge 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Only, ultimately, to the extent that it makes ads more relevant to you (and thus increases click-through).

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      7. Chris Thorpe‏ @jaggeree 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @ianbetteridge

        @ianbetteridge @aral I think it's more akin to the Like button which indexes the known and liked web. Android is a people powered crawler.

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      8. Ian Betteridge  🇪🇺‏Verified account @ianbetteridge 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @jaggeree

        @jaggeree @aral I “like” that :)

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      2. The English Klose‏ @chriscomben 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral its good isn't it. Frankly they can have my data, it makes for boring reading. According to Snowdon everyone has it anyway!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @chriscomben

        @chriscomben Indeed. Sorry to hear about the haemmorhoids, by the way, hope the cream you bought yesterday is helping :-)

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      4. The English Klose‏ @chriscomben 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral you see for most it could be an issue, however I have no shame :)

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      2. Mike  ☁️‏ @savagemikedrop 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I have both. One big thing the iPhone has over the N4 - battery life

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 Jul 2013
        Replying to @savagemikedrop

        @the_gadgeteur I did think the N4 ran out pretty quickly yesterday but wasn’t really paying attention so wasn’t sure.

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      4. Nirave 尼拉夫‏Verified account @nirave 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral @the_gadgeteur depends which iPhone, then again all have been really bad for me! The 5 needed charging twice a day :-(

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      1. Charlie Jolly‏ @twistajolly 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral try running pro audio apps on the nexus. The only area iOS is still firmly in the lead. #Latency is just not good enough on android.

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      1. Dirk lüth‏ @qoopido 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral i love my macbook pro as well as my ipad but always favored my nexus one/xiaomi mi2s against an iphone - cannot say why actually...

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      1. Jan Verhulst‏ @jantjeman 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral It is, really! I’ve had the same experience a couple of months ago. Now it’s in a closet where it can only give dust to Google :)

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      1. Rick Ekle‏ @rekle 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral when they come out with a non-phone version I’ll check it out

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      1. Bohnna Chhim‏ @Bohnna 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral Love my Nexus 4. Even more after a new rom & kernel, but without it it's still a great experience.

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      1. Steve Williams‏ @tweetsbysteve 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral nearly bought Nexus 4, got an S4 as I think it better represents where phones are headed, Android app permissions scare me to death!

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      1. Rick Chadwick‏ @rickary 18 Jul 2013
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        @aral completely agree to give it a go but after 3 months of daily use it just isn't the device I thought it was going to be (sadly)

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