From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/14/2026 12:43 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:38:48 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/29/2026 6:43 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> The thing with Android is, being open-source, you have the choice   
   >>> of looking at third-party options.   
   >>   
   >> And how many know how to do that?   
   >   
   > Especially with Apple fans trying to confuse them into thinking such   
   > choices don’t exist, eh?   
   >   
   > Can a multi-million dollar marketing budget overcome honest   
   > first-person testimony from actual users?   
      
      
   I don't know about marketing budgets, but one-off testimony has little   
   value. What works for you may not work for all. The best testimony for   
   what works for the masses is the marketplace. Android and Apple are the   
   overwhelming winners in the mobile device market.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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