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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Is it weird that I like the iOS mode look rather then the Android one on my Android phone?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It looks like a very old version of Android. Sync is much better in terms of adopting the new Material You design philosophy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah that's why Sync looks so ugly with it's off-red color to everything? Damn. Do you know whether I can turn that off?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

It is probably basing the colour scheme on your background? You can turn this off in the theme settings.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Sync uses Material You. It's using the colors of your wallpaper. And you can customize the theme manually on settings. Here's how it looks for me, for example.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is not a sync thread. Please stop advertising an app with ads.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

wallpaper.... i am always surprised that people give a shit and set a wallpaper on a mobile device....

in any case, thanks for the feedback, that is an interesting setting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't you set a wallpaper? It's a good way to personalize your phone and make it unique

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because I would never see it. Either I want an app so I am looking for that, or using an app, so I am looking at that. Black saves battery and makes it easy to see what I want.

It's interesting thinking about it, I have very simple wallpaper on my linux desktop (no photo just very slowly changing shape/color pattern, but I do not have icons on the desktop at all. I turned that functionality off.

I wonder if I would think differently about my phone if I didn't have icons to interact with on the screen?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Customization is a big selling point after all. Just see how much hype there was for iOS 15 only because you could finally customize the lock screen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's basing the color scheme based on the main accent color you choose.

Set it to blue and set the intensity to minimum, and you're good. Ideally paired with AMOLED black mode and extra powerful dark mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So this is an ad.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the Android mode is not completely polished yet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah says beta right

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oddly enough, I'm also quite liking the iOS mode...πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not weird. I'm an android user, but I like the iOS look a lot better. iOS does look better ~~thank~~ than android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good thing you can change basically everything about how Android looks if you want

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True. I have hex installer on my Samsung and I can make my phone look like iOS if I wanted to

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes very weird

Jk but I like the Android one better

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think it's a nostalgic reason for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems you may be ready to join the dark side 🍎. Join us!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have an ipad. That's enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Tbh I haven't even picked up my ipad since Apollo died

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's subjective, but that's exactly the reason why I dislike it.