Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: [NEWS] Everything Apple Announced Today Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:15:40 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:15:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b5004d0dfaa973e8863c1e642009b702"; logging-data="358746"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+aYcHKd7XAh7IrP7MX0/jzKBOM2WskQI4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:CX0aQNnSUpq0uqFqegxPMGQpJgk= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2628 On 2024-09-12 05:07, badgolferman wrote: > Your Name wrote: >> On 2024-09-11 22:38:22 +0000, badgolferman said: >>> Wilf wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't get this. I like my iPhone. I have a long background in >>>> technology and although you may or may not be right about the >>>> supposed superiority of Android devices over Apple, I say 'so what'? >>>> If I like something, who are you to tell me I should or should not do >>>> so, and why should I care? >>> >>> I like my iPhone too. There are some things it does and certain apps >>> which I've grown accustomed to that I can't do without. But I think >>> what Arlen has been pointing out to the iPhone group is that Apple has >>> severely limited iOS and the iPhone compared to Android and the other >>> phone manufacturers. >> >> iOS also has less problems, less malware, and far less garbage apps >> than Android. It also works mostly properly and sensibly, unlike the >> disastorous mess of Android where every different manufacture adds >> their own crap into it. >> >> > > I guess it comes down to what a person values. Some prefer security and > simplicity to be provided to them. Others prefer complete freedom to do > what they want and be responsible for their own security. Some want a > combination of both and are willing to compromise. > > It would be nice if we could actually discuss these values without > insulting each other. It would be nice if you could be honest about your biases.