011 What will it take to change to the opposite platform than you’re currently on? – ProductivityCast

In the last episode, Art asked a poignant and thought-provoking question of the ProductivityCast team? "What would it take to change to the opposite platform or operating system than the one you're currently on?" It piqued our interest to think and discuss this, so that's what we're doing on this episode! Enjoy! Have you thought about a change to the opposite platform, operating system, or ecosystem than you're currently using? What were your experiences? Let us know; we love feedback and user experiences! Also, please subscribe, and also leave a rating on your favorite podcast app/directory. And, thank you for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, you can also click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. 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The time coding is h:mm:ss.ms to h:mm:ss.ms (e.g., 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.000 starts at 0.00 seconds and ends at 4 seconds in the cast's audio).  0:00:00.000,0:00:04.110 are you ready to manage your work and 0:00:02.159,0:00:06.000 personal world better to live a more 0:00:04.110,0:00:07.109 fulfilling productive life then you've 0:00:06.000,0:00:09.780 come to the right place 0:00:07.109,0:00:12.540 welcome to productivity cast the weekly 0:00:09.780,0:00:15.000 show about all things productivity here 0:00:12.540,0:00:16.800 are your hosts Ray Sidney-Smith and 0:00:15.000,0:00:18.990 Augusto Pinaud 0:00:16.800,0:00:21.330 the one question we didn't answer we 0:00:18.990,0:00:23.130 didn't ask and it probably could be a 0:00:21.330,0:00:25.260 whole separate discussion would you 0:00:23.130,0:00:27.480 switch is there something that would 0:00:25.260,0:00:31.070 compel you to switch from one to the 0:00:27.480,0:00:36.000 other and that's a really hard question 0:00:31.070,0:00:38.570 so is it really the device that's making 0:00:36.000,0:00:41.629 the difference or is it us 0:00:38.570,0:00:44.510 welcome everybody to productivity cast 0:00:41.629,0:00:48.870 today we are going to have a 0:00:44.510,0:00:52.559 continuation of last week's conversation 0:00:48.870,0:00:56.100 and today we have Augusto Pinaud Art 0:00:52.559,0:01:00.210 Gelwicks and Francis Wade last episode 0:00:56.100,0:01:02.219 listeners heard us debating the the 0:01:00.210,0:01:05.070 whole idea of smartphone productivity 0:01:02.219,0:01:07.619 choosing smartphones and the various 0:01:05.070,0:01:10.650 features both hardware and software wise 0:01:07.619,0:01:13.320 we're doing so Art Gelwicks came up with 0:01:10.650,0:01:14.880 this question at the end so art what 0:01:13.320,0:01:16.920 were you thinking when you asked that 0:01:14.880,0:01:19.110 question and we're gonna we're gonna 0:01:16.920,0:01:21.540 have that conversation today and really 0:01:19.110,0:01:22.979 discuss what it would take for us to 0:01:21.540,0:01:25.500 switch sides 0:01:22.979,0:01:27.570 whether you're Apple going to Android or 0:01:25.500,0:01:30.869 if you're on the Android platform going 0:01:27.570,0:01:33.540 to Apple or even Windows Phone and 0:01:30.869,0:01:35.549 making the switch to to Apple or 0:01:33.540,0:01:37.020 otherwise so so are you want to give us 0:01:35.549,0:01:37.340 some background there and we'll go from 0:01:37.020,0:01:40.650 there 0:01:37.340,0:01:45.750 okay it was really a kind of a two-part 0:01:40.650,0:01:47.490 thought the first part was related to if 0:01:45.750,0:01:50.040 you think about how frequently we change 0:01:47.490,0:01:53.790 productivity apps most of the people who 0:01:50.040,0:01:56.430 like to to delve into the different 0:01:53.790,0:01:58.500 application we change these things all 0:01:56.430,0:02:00.329 the time we're always trying to new and 0:01:58.500,0:02:03.420 we're always trying new functionality 0:02:00.329,0:02:06.299 we're bouncing from app to app but it's 0:02:03.420,0:02:07.619 always within the same platform so if 0:02:06.299,0:02:09.509 you're an Apple user you're always 0:02:07.619,0:02:11.370 looking at the Apple version if you're 0:02:09.509,0:02:12.020 an Android user you're always looking at 0:02:11.370,0:02:16.750 the Android 0:02:12.020,0:02:20.840 and so on so what occurred to me is that 0:02:16.750,0:02:24.560 what would be compelling enough about an 0:02:20.840,0:02:27.190 application to make you change not 0:02:24.560,0:02:30.740 application but actually entire 0:02:27.190,0:02:32.360 platforms if there is even something I 0:02:30.740,0:02:35.930 spent quite a bit of time since the last 0:02:32.360,0:02:39.230 show thinking about this and I can't at 0:02:35.930,0:02:41.870 least personally find anything that 0:02:39.230,0:02:44.500 would be compelling enough to make me 0:02:41.870,0:02:47.590 change that entire underlying platform 0:02:44.500,0:02:50.930 so then I go to the second part which is 0:02:47.590,0:02:54.350 what's so compelling about the platform 0:02:50.930,0:02:57.080 that you're on that would keep you from 0:02:54.350,0:02:59.060 making that switch and I ask that 0:02:57.080,0:03:01.880 because years ago I used to have an 0:02:59.060,0:03:03.950 iPhone 4 I just have an iPad and I made 0:03:01.880,0:03:05.990 the switch to Android and I thought 0:03:03.950,0:03:10.100 about it over the weekend would I be 0:03:05.990,0:03:14.390 able to make the switch back and I 0:03:10.100,0:03:17.360 honestly cannot find a single argument 0:03:14.390,0:03:20.450 that would be compelling enough for me 0:03:17.360,0:03:22.730 to make that jump back over to the Apple 0:03:20.450,0:03:23.930 ecosystem and the same thing to go the 0:03:22.730,0:03:25.670 other direction if I had gone the other 0:03:23.930,0:03:27.770 direction so that's the question I'm 0:03:25.670,0:03:30.230 throwing out to you guys thinking about 0:03:27.770,0:03:32.600 your platforms that you use in the tools 0:03:30.230,0:03:37.340 that you use what would it take to make 0:03:32.600,0:03:41.180 you change I also I had because of work 0:03:37.340,0:03:44.000 I have in my bag and Android device 0:03:41.180,0:03:48.140 because of another project that is going 0:03:44.000,0:03:51.110 to use Google Docs 0:03:48.140,0:03:53.420 I consider the possibility of getting me 0:03:51.110,0:03:55.400 you know I'm more powerful Android 0:03:53.420,0:03:58.850 device or a Chromebook or something on 0:03:55.400,0:04:03.650 those mines I also spend time looking at 0:03:58.850,0:04:06.230 it oh okay what will require if I said 0:04:03.650,0:04:08.780 okay well let's change oh that's the 0:04:06.230,0:04:11.840 first thing will be of course this I 0:04:08.780,0:04:16.910 already I'm pretty invested hardware 0:04:11.840,0:04:19.790 wise okay into iOS will that means I 0:04:16.910,0:04:22.490 need to reinvest and get much of the 0:04:19.790,0:04:26.009 stuff I asked into Android but that 0:04:22.490,0:04:28.720 without any doubt will make the change 0:04:26.009,0:04:31.150 difficult but then I went to their 0:04:28.720,0:04:33.610 scenario and say okay fine let's go 0:04:31.150,0:04:35.770 let's assume the MasterCard fairy comes 0:04:33.610,0:04:38.020 to you and said well you know we're 0:04:35.770,0:04:40.389 going to let you use this card and then 0:04:38.020,0:04:42.970 now buy all the hardware you want so 0:04:40.389,0:04:47.800 how're will not be an issue will I 0:04:42.970,0:04:50.440 change and like you I spend a lot of 0:04:47.800,0:04:52.930 time thinking on the answer to that and 0:04:50.440,0:04:57.069 I couldn't find a compelling reason 0:04:52.930,0:04:59.080 either so it's not that as we 0:04:57.069,0:05:01.300 established is more powerful or less 0:04:59.080,0:05:03.849 powerful than the other one I think that 0:05:01.300,0:05:08.650 was pretty well established that it's 0:05:03.849,0:05:11.949 not the case I just think it is an 0:05:08.650,0:05:15.520 argument we're similar to what we have 0:05:11.949,0:05:22.210 years ago about being a PC user for a 0:05:15.520,0:05:27.220 Mac user both platforms as we agreed on 0:05:22.210,0:05:30.220 a certain way surprisingly for me both 0:05:27.220,0:05:32.409 platforms has everything to be able to 0:05:30.220,0:05:35.770 run one way or the other 0:05:32.409,0:05:39.580 now it's a matter of how much you want 0:05:35.770,0:05:42.580 to deal with certain things so Android 0:05:39.580,0:05:44.650 and I I think we all agree will allows 0:05:42.580,0:05:50.199 you to do a lot more customization that 0:05:44.650,0:05:53.320 what iOS does and iOS for everything 0:05:50.199,0:05:55.690 that I do it works fine is there 0:05:53.320,0:05:57.310 anything I want to do I can only and I 0:05:55.690,0:06:00.250 expect I'm thinking and there was only 0:05:57.310,0:06:03.789 two things I would love to do that I 0:06:00.250,0:06:09.130 cannot do on my iPod but I will be able 0:06:03.789,0:06:12.639 to do on on an Android device but they 0:06:09.130,0:06:15.789 were not they were nice you have not 0:06:12.639,0:06:17.919 must have I couldn't find any must-haves 0:06:15.789,0:06:21.250 that I will say okay we've said let's 0:06:17.919,0:06:24.969 move on but in the other side on the iOS 0:06:21.250,0:06:27.759 I found a couple of apps that there is 0:06:24.969,0:06:29.889 no answer at this point at least not in 0:06:27.759,0:06:33.340 the same application I may need to 0:06:29.889,0:06:35....