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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrew <andrew@spam.net> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 15:14:06 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: <v0tm7t$4p4$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> References: <xn0ol6oytiic1jh006@reader443.eternal-september.org> <nqacnUMXTKfh_6z7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@supernews.com> <xn0ol70bwixrv2c000@reader443.eternal-september.org> <v0skoe$o2t$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <v0t63r$8k5t$1@solani.org> Injection-Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 15:14:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="4900"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nav16ZOjuFPsGnbPQcN3ElORUgU= sha256:q63SuJAH66B4wfT2hxSvVAW12g/CvYc4hPp0wq6Peto= sha1:sg08gqM9s0h/Yzw8PfvgQINDYLQ= sha256:CdjP2VmYSAZbS4jRP6lLY1S4SwVYJlsJNguBVw4zZLg= Bytes: 5576 Lines: 83 badgolferman wrote on Wed, 1 May 2024 10:38:51 -0000 (UTC) : > It is certain *apps* that are irreplaceable. Thanks for clarifying that there is zero functionality on iOS (such as newsreaders or findmydevice functionality) that isn't already on Android. I am logical and sensible but I can only work off of what you actually say. Your precisely specific wording above is much easier to agree with since there is a lot of power in the knowledge that Android OEMs do not limit what functionality developers can write while Apple does severely limit it. What you're simply saying is you like some apps better than similar ones. And that will always happen since there must be tens of thousands of apps. > -NewsTap / NewsTap Lite. There is no equivalent UseNet app that can do what > this app does. I've used them all (Michelle Steiner gave me a key for NewsTap) in the past and I found all phone newsreaders to be horrendous) compared to on a PC. You simply like NewsTap better than the alternatives. But both platforms have newsreader functionality, which is my point. You likely don't know anything about these 7 Android newsreaders, do you? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.cmg.android.phonews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cmgapps.android.phonewspro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.piaohong.newsgroup https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ken.android.nntpreader.pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noasy.newsreader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=usenet.sinaapp.com Those APKs came from my testing archives, but I just noticed some of those links are now dead, as newsreaders never took off on either iOS or Android. Luckily, on Android all free apps install on any Android phone, which is a valuable feature that apparently is "not needed" & "not wanted" only for iOS (since every other platform easily installs any free installer on any device, no matter what login ID is used on that device - except for iOS). Still, with Android you can almost always get the APK installer using any of the many mirrors out there on the Internet (another think iOS can't do). For example, for the GroundHog newsreader on Android, APK Pure has it. https://m.apkpure.com/groundhog-usenet-reader/com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader Likewise with the Noasy newsreader being found on the package mirrors. https://www.appbrain.com/app/noasy-reader/com.noasy.newsreader > - FindMy. I share location data with my family members. Maybe Android can > do this, but since my wife and youngest son use iPhones, I must too. I think Android has a FindMy functionality but I've never tested it as the last thing I want is someone to be able to locate my phone from afar. https://www.android.com/learn-find-my-device/ https://support.google.com/android/answer/3265955?hl=en https://www.theverge.com/22623185/how-to-find-android-phone-device-location-map-google The reason there will never be any functionality on Apple devices that isn't already on Android (even free old Android phones) is simply thus: A. Most functionality is written by independent developers B. Apple severely restricts what functionality developers can provide C. Google can't. The consumer is always going to be the loser when comparing iOS functionality to Android because iOS can't do thousands of things that Android easily does (as do all operating systems other than iOS). Android even has iOS AirTag detection apps because people want them. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.seemoo.at_tracking_detection.release Looking it up, I found even Apple has a detector on the Google Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trackerdetect "Tracker Detect looks for item trackers that are separated from their owner and that are compatible with Apple's Find My network. These item trackers include AirTag and compatible devices from other companies. If you think someone is using AirTag or another device to track your location, you can scan to try to find it." In short, nobody has ever shown a single useful functionality that is on iOS that is not on Android and yet there are hundreds of useful functionalities on Android which are not & will never be on iOS.