XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nobody@oscarmayer.com   
      
   Chris wrote:   
      
   >> Again, if you only use the iPhone for basic things like playing games, then   
   >> you won't notice how debilitating the walled garden truly is when you want   
   >> to do things that everyone else does without even thinking about doing it.   
   >   
   > Such as? Millions of people use iphones for work and not just play games.   
   > None of them feel "debilitated".   
   >   
   >>>> It's like someone who thinks the earth revolves around the moon isn't   
   >>>> actually ever going to get a spaceship to the moon thinking that way.   
   >>>   
   >>> How many people fly to the moon...?   
   >>   
   >> The number of things that every operating system except iOS does that iOS   
   >> doesn't do is so large that it's debilitating to use an iPhone after you've   
   >> used Android with any other operating system, including Linux & Windows.   
   >   
   > Do you think iphone owners have never used other operating systems? Most,   
   > if not all, will be familiar with windows, macOS or linux and yet they   
   > still keep buying expensive, "debilitated" phones.   
   >   
   >>>> Because the number of rather useful things that everyone else can do but   
   >>>> which the walled garden prevents you from doing is absolutely astounding.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Everyone else" being tech nerds who like to tinker. Everyone else truly   
   >>> just want something that works for Snapchat, tiktok and instagram.   
   >>   
   >> What if you want to plug any phone you want into any Windows or Linux PC   
   >> you want where you can copy files back and forth to anywhere you want?   
   >   
   > Only a tiny number of people want to do that.   
      
   I know full well for the many hundreds of things iPhone users can't do   
   because they're stuck inside the walled garden, you'll say they're all   
   Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Such as the privacy everyone else gets with the Tor Browser except iOS.   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Such as the ability to copy files both ways with Windows just by connecting   
   to the Windows computer without installing anything on the Windows   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Such as the ability to choose your default messenger for sms/mms, and to   
   choose your default contacts manager and to choose your default dialer.   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Such as the ability to name app icons what you want them named, and to put   
   them where you want them (even in multiple places) for your organization.   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Such as the ability to have two environments, one for work and one for you,   
   to keep your work environment apps and objectives separate from your home.   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   Along that vein, having the ability to have multiple users should you want   
   them is available on every computer platform except on iOS.   
   On iOS that functionality everyone else has is: Not needed. Not wanted.   
      
   The list of useful features that are on every other platform except on iOS   
   shows how debilitating the walled garden is when iOS is in the real world.   
      
   As a result iOS is a toy that doesn't work in the real world (unless all   
   you do with the iPhone is play games - yet - for games - iOS works well).   
      
   Apple optimized iOS to fit its users.   
      
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