Re: Almost all Apple native apps die in a short while if you don't log into Cupertino servers

On 2025-06-12 19:54, Marion wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:49:14 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :
 

You know, I have been on Apple phones and tablets going on 5 years now.
Nothing bad has ever happened. No spam, no unwanted snail mail, and no
hassles at all. What exactly is your point?

 You actually never did anything on that iOS device, Tom Elam.
      *Because you can't.*

False.

 Apple designed iOS as a dumb terminal so you can't do anything you like
without losing all your privacy by giving Apple your private information.

False.

 Even if you didn't care that no device has *less* privacy than iOS devices,
you can't do things on that iOS device that everyone else can easily do.

But that 99.99% of consumers don't care about.

 An example (bolstering the fact no device is less private than an iOS
device) is you can't run the Tor Browser on iOS (because webkit has no
privacy - & if you don't believe me - look it up - it's on the Tor site!).

You can't run the Tor Browser...but you can run Onion Browser and get most of the benefit.

 You never did any graphical Wi-Fi or cellular signal debugging either, Tom
Elam, for all nearby signals, because you just can't do that on iOS.

99.99% of the people who buy smartphones don't care about that.

 You've never set the default messenger app or phone app or contacts either,
Tom Elam, because you can't.

99.99% of the people who buy smartphones don't care.

 Neither did you ever change your homescreen to something functional, again,
because you can't.

The iOS homescreen IS customizable, doofus.

You never used encryption containers, because you can't on iOS.

False:
'Securing Folders on an iPhone
Yes, you can have a Secure Folder on your iPhone. Secure Folder is an app made for iPhones that provides a secure space to store your photos, videos, documents, zip files and music. '
<https://www.devicemag.com/iphone-secure-folder/>

You never added a system-wide firewall on iOS, because you can't.

<https://guardianapp.com>
<https://lockdownprivacy.com>

You've never been able to spoof your gps location on iOS, either.

99.99% of the people who buy smartphones don't care.

 The list goes on and on what you can NOT do on iOS.
Luckily, the list of what you can do, is very short.
 Without an Apple ID, all you can do, essentially, is take pictures.

False.