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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: google apps
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:58:48 -0800
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On 2025-01-30 11:36, Marion wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:04:17 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
> 
> 
>> Just out of curiosity, how many Google apps do you have installed
>> on your iPhone?
> 
> My iPhone is an older model sans SIM card, so I'll say what's on
> some of my iPads, particularly what came, by default, on my 10th
> generation iPad, which does NOT have an Apple ID on it, so
> everything on it is from Apple.

How is the presence of a SIM card relevant to this discussion?

> 
> All I found by typing "Google" into the "App Library" search box
> was: Google Voice
> 
> Since I learn by helping others, I picked up my older iPads, where
> the oldest that is still working is my test vehicle for how many
> tens of thousands of times Apple is asking me to log into their
> mainframes.

Or you picked an older iPad because you knew the result would be 
different on your iPhone.

> 
> Every single day, all day, Apple incessantly nags me to log into
> their mainframe tracking servers - as an iOS device is a dumb
> terminal after all.

This is false.

> 
> For that iOS 16.7.10 iPad (which is as up-to-date as Apple will
> allow), every day Apple nags me in fundamental ways the Apple trolls
> don't know. Apple ID Verification = Enter the password for
> x@iCloud.com in Settings

I know that you will be asked to log in.

I also know that iOS devices will continue to work properly (with some 
obvious exceptions) regardless of whether you do so or not.

> 
> This is in addition to Apple constantly nagging me to: Turn on Two-
> Factor Authentication Finish Setting Up Your iPad {Touch ID} Finish
> Setting Up Your iPad {Passcode} The reason the Apple trolls know
> nothing about Apple products is it would never occur to them to
> think on their own and NOT log into Apple's servers.

And what would be the harm of logging in?

> 
> Anyway, I went to the App Store on that older iPad to search for 
> "Google", and it said the following apps' status was (in the order 
> presented to me)
> 
> Google = Search with AI, Images & T... (this displayed twice)
> {UPDATE} Google Chrome = {UPDATE} Gmail = {iCloud} Google Docs =
> {GET} Google Drive = {GET} Google Maps = {OPEN} Google Sheets =
> {GET} Google Slides =  {GET} Google Meet =  {UPDATE} Google
> Calendar: Get... =  {UPDATE} Google Photos: Backup &...  = {GET} 
> YouTube: Watch, Listen... {UPDATE} Google Earth = {UPDATE} Google
> Translate = {GET} Google Classroom = {GET} Google Keep - Notes
> and... = {GET} Google Chat = {GET} Google Bundle = {VIEW} Google
> Gemini = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-party) Forms for Google Docs =
> {GET} Google News = {GET} Google Authenticator = {GET} Google Home =
> {GET} Google One = {GET} Google Assistant = {GET} Google Tasks: Get
> Things... = {GET} Google Play Books & Audi... = {GET} Google
> Analytics = {GET} Google Voice = {UPDATE} Google Arts & Culture =
> {GET} GBoard - The Google Key... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
> party) Contacts Sync: Google &... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
> party) Forms for Google Forms = {GET} Google TV: Watch Movies... =
> {GET} Google Admin = {GET} Google Family Link = {GET} Google Ads =
> {GET} Google Fit: Activity Tracker = {GET} Google Cloud = {GET} 
> Google Fi Wireless = {GET} Google Opinion Rewards = {GET} ? (turned
> out to be 3rd-party) gTasks for Google Tasks = {GET} YouTube TV =
> {GET} GFiber: The Google Fiber... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
> party) Template for Google Docs = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-party)
> Gome: remote for Google... = {GET} Wear OS by Google = {GET} Google
> Device Policy = {GET} THIRD PARTY: Blogger for Google Blogs = {GET} 
> Lens: Translate & Image S... = {GET} Google Cardboard = {GET}
> 
> Some of those may not be from Google, but, unlike the Apple trolls
> who don't spend any time to reply to anyone, I checked the obvious
> ones.
> 
> In addition to those that the App Store found, separate searches
> found these iOS apps which didn't show up in my App Store search for
> "Google".
> 
> PhotoScan by Google Photos:  This app helps you scan and digitize
> old photos. Google Lens:  The standalone Google Lens app is also
> available in addition to  the Lens app that the App Store found in
> my search above on the iPad. YouTube Studio:  This is for YouTube
> creators to manage their channels. Google Play Games:  This is
> Google's app for gaming on mobile, including achievements  and
> leaderboards. Google Wifi:  This app helps you manage your Google
> Wifi network. Looker Mobile:  Used for accessing and analyzing data
> with Looker (which is a business intelligence platform). Google Play
> Services: This is a background app that helps other Google apps
> function properly. And then there are these apps halfway in between
> iOS & Android it seems: Google Play Console: This is for developers
> to manage their apps on the Google Play Store. Android Switch:  This
> helps you transfer data from an Android phone to an iPhone.
> 
> In summary, to answer the OP's original question with accuracy, here
> are the Google apps which I have on my older iPad that I use to test
> how long it takes before Apple bricks it simply for not logging into
> Apple's mothership mainframe tracking servers (which most people
> don't know about).

Apple doesn't brick iOS devices just because you don't log in.

> 
> Google = Search with AI, Images & T... (this displayed twice)
> {UPDATE} Google Chrome = {UPDATE} Gmail = {iCloud} Google Maps =
> {OPEN} Google Meet =  {UPDATE} Google Calendar: Get... =  {UPDATE} 
> YouTube: Watch, Listen... {UPDATE} Google Earth = {UPDATE} Google
> Bundle = {VIEW}

"Gmail" does not EQUAL "{iCloud}"...

....and don't you know how to properly format lists such as you've just 
presented?

> 
> Note that only Google Maps is up to date (for some strange reason). 

You updated it.

> I would think this iOS list would be similar for Mac apps, is it
> not?

"would it not?".

And what is that sentence even supposed to mean?

<meaningless chest-thumping snipped>