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   Chris to Alan Browne   
   Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 ne   
   29 Apr 24 16:50:54   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Alan Browne  wrote:   
   > On 2024-04-28 20:41, Oscar Mayer wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:35:11 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> It's only Apple's operating systems that don't work in the real world   
   >>>> (which is the world that includes more than just the walled garden).   
   >>>   
   >>> I wonder what unreal world the people who buy Apple devices live in? I   
   >>> mean   
   >>> there are billions of them.   
   >>> They all seem living pretty normal lives. In fact I wonder if it's   
   >>> them who   
   >>> live in the real world and not you. Just a thought.   
   >>   
   >> You don't use the iPhone in the real world - because it doesn't work in the   
   >> real world (e.g., Linux is in the real word as is Windows as are iPhones   
   >> which are not registered to you so you don't know their AppleID password).   
   >>   
   >> Apple doesn't support Linux working with iOS - Linux is in the real world.   
   >   
   > Since I use and program Linux for desktop and embedded projects I can   
   > attest to its severe limitations in the "real world".   
   >   
   > Esp. the absence of the more useful productivity apps (MS Office, Adobe   
   > creative s/w, etc.).   
      
   Agree. That's the main reason I moved from linux to macOS. OpenOffice just   
   didn't cut it in a work environment.   
      
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