XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , nospam suggested:   
      
   > nothing needs to be installed for apple to transfer files, on the phone   
   > *or* the computer.   
      
   Depends on what you mean, since I do the same thing for my iOS devices.   
      
   The references to nothing needing to be installed on the computer were with   
   respect to unnecessary software such as Samsung Kies or Apple iTunes   
   bloatware.   
      
   Once you're forced to add hundreds of megabytes of software to the   
   computer, the universality (and flexibility) of the solution goes into the   
   toilet.   
      
   You know that. You won't admit that. But you know that.   
      
   This solution is simple, powerful, and universal in that it works for any   
   computer without adding any software (with all their concomittent   
   marketing-induced restrictions) to the computer.   
      
   It's like what we did, years ago, with SharePod.   
   a. Apple users were restricted to using iTunes   
   b. SharePod users could connect to any PC they wanted to   
      
   So, for example, with SharePod, *nothing* needed to be installed on the PC   
   and you could hook up ten thousand different iPods and slide any set of MP3   
   files back and forth, limited only by your storage space and nothing else.   
      
   Conversely, you could take one iPod and hook it up to ten thousand   
   different PC, and slide songs back and forth, with the only restriction   
   being your storage space.   
      
   The point here is that the universality of the solution is due to the fact   
   that nothing needs to be added to the computer to have complete power over   
   what you want to do.   
      
   Any solution that requires proprietary software to be added to the computer   
   immediately destroys the universality of the solution.   
      
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