XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: arlen@arlen.com   
      
   On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:31:37 -0500, nospam wrote:   
      
   >> Apple products are easy to use if you are happy being limited to what   
   >> Apple thinks you should do with it.   
   >   
   > false.   
      
   As always, nospam simply denies what is obvious to normal adults.   
   o In terms of functionality, iOS is in the stone age.   
      
   The statement by nobody at nada.com was an accurate summary:   
      "Apple products are easy to use if you are happy being limited to   
        what Apple thinks you should do with it."   
      
   This is _very_ true, but _only_ if you do what Marketing _wants_ you to do.   
   o The split second you try to go off the Marketing plan, iOS falls apart.   
      
   Which is what makes your _next_ statement very true:   
     " Android gives far more flexibility if you want the ability to have   
        more control over what the phone does"   
      
   *There is no app functionality on iOS that isn't already on Android*   
   (bar one minor API call that "I" found by searching, and where _nobody_ can   
   find anything else other than a single API call).   
      
   That's a *huge statement* when you take into account the _next_ statement:   
      
   There is so much functionality in Android that is not in iOS that it would   
   take me a long while just to list what I've run into since I own both   
   devices, where iOS can't load its own launchers, iOS can't organize the   
   desktop on any grid pattern, iOS can't rename the shortcut icons, iOS can't   
   even graph wifi signal strength for all visible access points over time,   
   iOS can't even delete any given saved access point unless you're literally   
   connected to it, iOS can't get rid of the advertising id nor the apple id,   
   iOS can't automatically record phone calls, iOS can't even accurately   
   report what cell tower you're connected to, iOS can't scrape the Google   
   database for accurate GPS to feed to offline map apps, nor does iOS have a   
   youtube red free clone, etc.   
      
   I got tired of listing the functionality that iOS doesn't have that just   
   works on Android.   
      
   In short, in terms of functionality, iOS is in the stone age.   
      
   The only reason people don't realize that fact is that most people use the   
   iPhone for making phone calls, texting, and watching videos, where, for   
   _that_, the two types of phones are about the same.   
      
   In terms of functionality, iOS is in the stone age.   
      
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