XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net   
      
   On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:17:19 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   >>What "vital essential services" would those be?   
   >   
   > My concerns are not so much "privacy" as working.   
   >   
   > "Vital essential services" would be things like saving your work,   
   > accessing your data on a laptop when away from home or in any other   
   > circumstances where an internet connection is not available.   
      
   The problem with the design of the entire Apple ecosystem (which is   
   different from Windows & Linux & Android) is that you stop logging into the   
   Apple servers, the entire ecosystem stops working the way it's designed.   
      
   Very few companies other than Apple can convince dumb users that their   
   devices stop working when you're no longer on the Internet is a good thing.   
      
   HP certainly can't.   
   https://boingboing.net/2024/07/09/hp-will-no-longer-sell-printer   
   -that-require-online-connection.html   
      
   "HP has finally been forced to discontinue its cheaper e-series LaserJet   
   printers due to customers experiencing problems with their online-only and   
   always tied to HP+ subscription requirements. Among other things, HP+   
   requires a permanent Internet connection, and customers only use   
   HP-original ink and toners, not allowing for third-party alternatives to be   
   used at all."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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