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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:07:27 -0000 (UTC)
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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> On 2025-06-17 16:21:28 +0000, R.Wieser said:
>> badgolferman,
>>>> 
>>>> Although that can be true for Apple, Google doesn't build Android
>>>> phones.
>> ...
>>> Who builds the Pixel?
>> 
>> My mistake.   I should have said "doesn't build *all* Android phones".
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Rudy Wieser
> 
> Whatever Apple does, the Android makers all eventually follow. Samsung 
> is especially bad at making fun of Apple for doing something (removing 
> headphone jack, not including the charger, etc.), only for Samsung to 
> then copy the exact same thing in their next model release.  :-\
> 
> If Apple supposedly has no innovation, what does that imply for all the 
> lazy copy-cat Android makers??
> 
> 

How are those examples you provided “innovations”?