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   Brock McNuggets to All   
   Re: Why iOS Requires an Apple ID for Bas   
   31 Dec 25 03:37:45   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Dec 30, 2025 at 8:03:59 PM MST, ""Jose' Francisco de Paula Juan Soto""   
   wrote <6954929f$0$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>:   
      
   > Brock McNuggets  wrote in   
   > news:69548b9a$0$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:   
   >   
   >> On Dec 30, 2025 at 6:49:15 PM MST, "Marian" wrote   
   >> <10j1veq$2oai$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>:   
   >>   
   >>> Tyrone wrote:   
   >>>>> The real reason most people use Apple devices is because they are   
   >>>>> simply much easier to actually use. Almost everybody who uses an   
   >>>>> Apple device then does not want to go back to the awful mess of   
   >>>>> Andud or Windoze.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Very true.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But it is the combined ecosystem of Apple devices that really makes   
   >>>> things easy.  Phones, tablets, PCs and watches. All running the same   
   >>>> OS and the same apps and services. All tied together by a single   
   >>>> cloud service.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> To me, if you have a iPhone then you need an iPad. At that point, if   
   >>>> you ever need a laptop then a Mac is the obvious choice.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A Windows (or even worse, Linux) PC from THIS company and an Android   
   >>>> phone from THAT company and an Android tablet from whoever is just a   
   >>>> waste of time and energy. I don't need such challenges in my   
   >>>> personal life. I have no desire to do systems integration for free.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hi Tyrone,   
   >>>   
   >>> Happy New Year!   
   >>>   
   >>> The problem is all you're doing is parroting baseless Apple   
   >>> propaganda.   
   >>   
   >> Can you point to this propaganda Apple is publishing?   
   >>   
   >>> You don't actually understand iOS, nor Android - you're just a   
   >>> parrot.   
   >>>   
   >>> I use Android & iOS all day, every day, so I understand them both.   
   >>   
   >> No evidence you have an iOS device.   
   >>   
   >>> You understand neither.   
   >>>   
   >>> Whether iOS or Android is easier depends greatly on what tasks you're   
   >>> doing. For example, try moving a downloaded PDF from your email into   
   >>> a specific folder and opening it in a non-Apple app. On Android it's   
   >>> one step. On iOS it's a scavenger hunt.   
   >>   
   >> This is similar to the task I compared for macOS. Would love to see   
   >> your Android video showing how you do it. I will then show how I do a   
   >> similar task on iOS. Look forward to your video.   
   >>>   
   >>> Likewise after downloading a ZIP file on iOS, opening it, and moving   
   >>> one of the files into a specific app's folder, where, on Android it's   
   >>> a two-tap action, yet on iOS it turns into a maze of share sheets and   
   >>> hidden menus.   
   >>   
   >> Again, show a video and I will, too. We can both learn.   
   >>>   
   >>> What's easier on iOS or Android depends greatly on what you're doing.   
   >>>   
   >>> Plug an iPhone and an Android into Windows and tell me which is   
   >>> easier for bidirectional file transfers, or try to load an app from   
   >>> anywhere outside of the app store, or even from the app store WITHOUT   
   >>> an account.   
   >>   
   >> You do not like security features. OK.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hell, try to re-install any IPA/APK of any version on Android versus   
   >>> iOS? What's impossible to do with iOS is trivial to do on Android in   
   >>> many cases.   
   >>>   
   >>> Anyone who parrots Apple propaganda doesn't understand anything about   
   >>> iOS.   
   >>   
   >> Again: please point to this propaganda Apple is posting.   
   >>>   
   >>> Try to customize your home screen, or change the default app for   
   >>> dialing, messaging, app launcher, file manager, assistant, camera,   
   >>> etc.   
   >>   
   >> Sure. Show how you do it in a video and I will show how on iOS.   
   >>>   
   >>> Android lets you set a default dialer, SMS app, launcher, assistant,   
   >>> camera and file manager, while iOS locks every one of those defaults   
   >>> to Apple.   
   >>   
   >> That is not in the slightest true. I thought you said you use iOS.   
   >>>   
   >>> Worse, you can't even DO on iOS half the things that you can do on   
   >>> Android.   
   >>   
   >> Apparently you cannot make a simple video. :)   
   >>>   
   >>> There's a reason I assess anyone who parrots Apple's meaningless (but   
   >>> brilliant) propaganda, doesn't know anything about iOS nor about   
   >>> Android.   
   >>   
   >> Show the videos. But off you run. 100% predictable.   
   >   
   >   
   > This is a classic example of snit,   
      
   Right... asking for evidence and offering my own. Thanks for noticing.   
      
      
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