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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple's "dumb terminal" design wreaks havoc when the matrix went
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 01:52:05 -0700
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On 2025-07-13 21:51, Marion wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:40:20 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :
> 
> 
>> Why do you think any operating system other than iOS needs to be logged
>>> into the mothership just to work? Only iOS requires that loss of privacy.
>>
>> More
>>
>> If a Google service goes down you might not get new mail, access Drive
>> or Photos. Maps or YouTube may quit working - I have seen those two myself.
> 
> While it's obvious I know Apple products better than you MAGA trolls do...
> I also know Google's Android much better than any of you MAGA trolls do.
> 
> I haven't had a Google Account on my Android for many years, Tom.
> If Google goes down... nothing happens.
> 
> However, if Apple goes down, every dumb terminal iOS device dies.

Utterly false.

> Apple designed iOS as a dumb terinal not for you - but for Apple.