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Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 20:12:41 -0000 (UTC)
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Gordinator wrote on Thu, 16 May 2024 20:22:13 +0100 :

>> 4i. Battery replacement  
> 
> Apple devices **do not** have user-replaceable batteries. In fact, the 
> iPhone was the first phone to ditch the feature. Most Android phones 
> don't either, so I guess it's fair, in a twisted and stupid way. Even 
> better, iPhones have led the way for making less repairable phones, so 
> stop talking nonsense.

This was posted in this newsgroup a while ago (cut and pasted) which
showed Android still has superior functionality hardware over the iPhone
but the replaceable battery is still in very few Androids unfortunately).

Of the total of 2,548 Android models offered for sale from 2019 to today...
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2>

For the AUX jack, 1,907 (75%) of current Android models meet this standard.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&chk35mm=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2>

As for FM Radio, 1,257 Androids (50%) have the FM radio emergency feature.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&chkFMradio=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2>

Where 1,163 (46%) have both the emergency FM radio & the standard AUX jack.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&chk35mm=selected&chkFMradio=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2>

Let's look at the 1,801 (71%) with the all-important portable-memory slot.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2&idCardslot=1>

But only 112 with a removable battery, which is less than 5% unfortunately.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=2&idBatRemovable=1>

Compare those choices Android users have to those of the poor Apple user.
 AUX <https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&chk35mm=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=3>
 FM <https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&chkFMradio=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=3>
 SD <https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2019&chkFMradio=selected&sAvailabilities=1,2&sOSes=3&idCardslot=1>

In summary, the choices for Android are:
a. 75% AUX
b. 50% FM Radio
c. 71% SD SLOT

That's a _lot_ of choices (especially compared to Apple choices):
a. 0% AUX
b. 0% FM Radio
c. 0% SD SLOT

The lack of basic hardware functionality on iPhones is yet another reason
why anyone claiming to "compare" the two platforms, has to ignore
everything that makes a phone useful - as the iPhone lacks basic hardware.

>> 9i. No bloatware  
> 
> I beg to differ. What is Apple Podcasts doing? Apple Wallet? Apple 
> Music? Stocks? Apple TV? Tips? Watch? I could go on and on: 
> https://www.makeuseof.com/every-pre-installed-app-iphone/

As you said, Apple adds bloatware, it's just Apple bloatware, 
and not carrier bloatware.

What's worse about Apple bloatware is most of it is unremovable.
By stark contrast EVERY APP is removable on Android (non root).

Many people don't realize what I just said is true on Android.
Every app can be removed from the user partition without being root.
 <https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/>

So it's actually Android that, if you're smart, has zero bloatware.
Meanwhile even if you're smart, you can't remove most Apple bloatware.

>> 10i. Privacy  
> 
> This is incorrect. The Apple TOS specifically states that location data 
> can be collected and shared by Apple:

Apple doesn't have privacy. As with Ashley Madison, they advertise
they have privacy. But it doesn't exist for a number of reasons.

Remember when they were listening to your actual conversations
in Ireland? They still do that. There is no privacy on iPhones.

In addition, Apple won't allow the privacy of the Tor Browser.
 <https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/tormobile-3/>
 "Can I run Tor Browser on an iOS device? Apple requires all 
  browsers on iOS to use something called Webkit, 
  which prevents any iOS browser from having the same privacy 
  protections as Tor Browser."

Another of which is Apple inserts a unique tracking ID into 
every app - which no other operating system but Apple does.

In addition, Apple requires you to log into the Apple mainframes
for most of the functionality (e.g., the App Store) which Google
doesn't require (you can download apps off the Google Play Store
without creating an account on the phone for example).

There are very many ways Apple devices don't have privacy.
And there are many ways that Android does.

For the author to re-spout Apple's marketing bullshit is wrong.
Privacy isn't possible on an iPhone.



> 
>> To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple 
>> and our partners and licensees, such as maps data providers, 
>> may collect, use, and share precise location data, including
>> the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. 
> 
>> 11i. Support and help from Apple Stores  
> 
> As if Android doesn't have that. Most smartphone brands do the same 
> thing (Samsung, Google, etc.). Also, have you *ever* been to the 
> "Genius" Bar? They're useless. The most they can do is tell you to 
> reboot your iPhone or reset your stupid iCloud.

I can vouch for the fact that the Genius Bar people are useless.

I went to them asking them to test why the iPad had far worse
radio reception than Android and they didn't even know what a 
decibel was.

All they did was use an UV light on the water detection strip
(no water) and ensure that it had the latest operating system.

That's all they can do.
 
>> 17i. eSIM¹  
> eSIM is NOT a feature. It introduces the ability for the carrier to not 
> allow you to switch, meaning you're locked into their services. This is 
> because the carrier is responsible for switching you away, and guess 
> what, carriers *hate* losing customers to their competitors.

I don't know anything about eSIM so I'll let the two of you work it out.
We benefit from that if Steve responds to your suggestions about his doc.

But in general, Steve ignores most suggestions, so it's amazing that
his document is as good as it is even as he doesn't take much advice.

Still... the Apple people can't refute a word he says about iOS.

>> 20i. Face Recognition  
> 
> Biometric security is inherently flawed. If it gets stolen, you cannot 
> change it, unlike a password. A dead corpse can still be read with Face 
> ID or fingerprint ID.

Biometric security is a (brilliant) marketing gimmick.
People feel) their face is unique and only about them (even twins).

The real threat to a phone isn't that we all live in slums where 
people steal our phones out of our hands, so I don't even have
a PIN on mine - but since Apple requires people to log into the 
Apple mainframes, people need to add these security locks as if
all Apple iPhone owners live in the abject squalor of the slums.

While Apple touts biometric gimmicks (remember, their users are ALWAYS
logged into Apple mainframe servers!) the real security hole is exploits.

And the iPhone has ten times the active exploits than any other phone!
 <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>

>> 22i. Apple Credit Card with 3% discount and 0% financing on
>> purchases direct from Apple  
> 
> Why not encourage credit card debt, which is at an all-time high (here's 
> a clue, it's in the _trillions_)?

The author of that document buys everything on credit, 
and he engages in finding the best "rewards" credit cards.

To be fair, Steve finds some good deals but he spends way more
energy looking for those rewards dollars than any of us do.

>> 23i. Native hearing aid support  
> 
> I wear hearing aids, and I don't _need_ this feature, because it does 
> *nothing* Bluetooth Audio cannot.

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