XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
From: pothead@snakebite.com
On 2026-01-12, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 1/10/2026 3:02 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
>> Q: How frequently does iOS phone home in the background
>> to its mothership tracking servers, even when idle?
>> A: ?
>>
>> How often, even when idle, does Apple secretly contact its mainframes?
>> a. Minutes?
>> b. Hours?
>> c. Days?
>>
>> Why?
>
> Don't know, don't care. The Apple phone and pad work great, stay updated
> regularly on a know schedule, all by themselves. Unlike Android where I
> had to use Google to find out if the phone I bought a year ago was ever
> going to get an OS update. And was disappointed with the answer a few
> times. Unlike my Samsung tablet that came with an outdated OS that did
> get one update, then never. Unlike my Android devices that required
> manual app reinstall when a new one was purchased, with no data history
> carried over.
>
> A former Android fan, I will never go back. I have seen the light. BUT,
> at the same time very happy that the EU is breaking down the walled
> garden too. I even get Google Maps as the CarPlay default now! And
> YouTube Music as a default too! Nirvana.
My car supports both Carplay and Android Auto and from my perspective Apple
has come a long way. Like you regarding the Maps. I can say "Hey Siri, take me
home using Waze" and it will. My car also has built in voice recognition so
that's
also an option.
Substitute Apple Maps, Google Maps for Waze and siri/Carplay will do that as
well.
That's pretty cool IMHO.
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pothead
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