XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   david, 2024-12-20 21:50:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Is "send and receive group facetime messages" neccessary to do phone   
   calls, taking pictures or listening to music stored on the device?   
      
      
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