XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-11-21, Alan  wrote:   
   > On 2023-11-20 19:45, Anonymous wrote:   
   >> *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.   
   >>   
   >> Sounds good to me! Since the First Amendment would then apply, Andrew   
   >> Anglin and Nick Fuentes will promptly have their accounts unbanned.   
   >   
   > You get that private businesses are not bound by the first amendment,   
   > right?   
      
   These dip shit unAmerican smooth brains don't care about pesky things   
   like the Constitution enough to understand it. Like everything else,   
   they are only interested in using it as a weapon against "ThoSe FiLtHy   
   LeFTiSt ScUm!1!".   
      
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