XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Andrew, 2024-12-27 19:19:   
      
   > Frank Slootweg wrote on 27 Dec 2024 14:14:18 GMT :   
   >   
   >>   OsmAnd+ was my first and primary app. Used it a lot in rural/outback/   
   >> remote Australia, where there just isn't any Internet (other than   
   >> extremely expensive satellite Internet).   
   >>   
   >>   Besides Google Maps and OsmAnd, there are several other offline   
   >> navigation apps, such as HERE WeGo and Sygic, some of them are also   
   >> available on 'totally useless' iPhones! :-)   
   >>   
   >>   Other things (in addition to photos and navigation) to do with   
   >> Internet-less devices (iPhones and Andoid), in no particular order:   
   >>   
   >> - play music   
   >> - play/record videos   
   >> - play games   
   >> - read ebooks   
   >> - listen to FM radio (Android only)   
   >> - listen to podcasts   
   >> - work on 'Office' documents   
   >> - personal health, activity, sleep recording/analysis   
   >> - camping/campsite apps   
   >> - etc..   
   >   
   > There are many things an iOS or Android app can do without logging into a   
   > mothership mainframe server on the Internet (which murders your privacy).   
      
   Are there? You claimed all the time, that iOS is completely useless   
   without active internet connection.   
      
   > But this thread is about privacy and security and there's nothing less   
   > private than logging into the Apple walled garden mothership 24/7/365.   
   >   
   >    *Apple's walled garden _murdered_ privacy*   
      
   As did Google and Microsoft.   
      
   So go ahead and create a fake account without personal information.   
      
      
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