XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-11-20, *Hemidactylus*  wrote:   
   > Alan  wrote:   
   >> On 2023-11-19 14:01, Wally J wrote:   
   >>> Alan Browne  wrote   
   >>>   
   >>>> You would think they'd go 頎柬綄頎柬綄頎柬綄 over their Android   
   >>>> phones not having an AM radio built in - that's much more useful in   
   >>>> an emergency as the transmission range is typically higher -   
   >>>> notably at night.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Of course real preppers have real emergency radio receivers that   
   >>>> cover several bands, have long lasting batteries and can be charged   
   >>>> with the built in crank.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Many preppers have transmitters too.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Oh my!    Did you see what I wrote there?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Android phones can't transmit on radio frequencies other than   
   >>>> the built in cell co/WiFi/Blutooth!  How will they survive when the   
   >>>> SHTF!?!?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (It occurs to me that flat earthers are more cohernent than Wally).   
   >>>   
   >>> On the basis of logic alone, no amount of MARKETING is going to   
   >>> convince an intelligent person how "courageous" only Apple claims it   
   >>> is, for them to remove basic functional hardware - whose loss is   
   >>> what cripples the iPhone.   
   >>>   
   >>> How many _thousands_ of Israeli civilians who were inside their safe   
   >>> rooms and hiding under beds in bedrooms and even some hiding inside   
   >>> kitchen cabinets for half a day were there who would have given   
   >>> anything for an FM radio in addition to that almost worthless iPhone   
   >>> without it.   
   >>   
   >> Riiiiiiiight.   
   >>   
   >> FM radio one-way communication is so much better than the two-way   
   >> communication offered by every smartphone...   
   >>   
   > Emergency management on Shitter worked ok before sociopathic manbaby   
   > took over with his flamethrower. Without an account trying to keep up   
   > to date with Shitter is a joke. Is it any better with an account?   
   > Nationalize that shit as a public resource.   
      
   I much prefer watching it go down in flames. Plus winter is here, and   
   flames keep us warm. 🙂   
      
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