XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-12-20 12:50, david wrote:   
   > Using , Ant wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> On the other hand Apple customers don't care. They also don't care   
   >>>>> that   
   >>>>> FaceTime is only possible with other Apple users. In the US iOS has a   
   >>>>> market share of nearly 60% and the Android market share is   
   >>>>> declining slowly:   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> Given the US is only about half Android and yet the world is   
   >>>> overwhelmingly   
   >>>> Android, we all need to keep in mind Apple's vaunted "walled garden"   
   >>>> doesn't work unless you have constant 24/7/365 Internet access which   
   >>>> most   
   >>>> of the world may not necessarily have.   
   >>   
   >>> For the record, my iPhone continues to work whether I'm connected to   
   >>> the internet or not.   
   >>   
   >> Ditto. I put mine offline when not needed.   
   >   
   > How can you send and receive group facetime messages to and from other   
   > Apple users without logging into Apple's messaging servers on the Internet?   
      
   How can ANY smartphone do something that is INHERENTLY between different   
   devices without network access.   
      
   That's not the same as claiming it's a "dumb terminal" without network   
   access.   
      
   Looking at my home screen:   
      
   I can have on-phone contacts.   
      
   On-phone notes   
      
   On-phone reminders   
      
   The camera still takes pictures, and I can still view and edit them in   
   Photos.   
      
   My calculator still calculates.   
      
   The clock still tells time.   
      
   My on-phone music still plays.   
      
   And there are loads more apps and functionality that--   
      
   while requiring internet access   
      
   --in no way depend on being logged into ANYTHING Apple.   
      
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