Re: check in

On 05/05/2024 15:56, Andrew wrote:

Chris wrote on Sun, 5 May 2024 07:04:23 -0000 (UTC) :
 

The reason it matters that I use Apple products is that I test them so I
know what they can and cannot do.

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The difference to the rest of us is that you don't *use* them day to day.

 Actually, you're both correct & you're dead wrong, & you're missing a lot.
  <https://i.postimg.cc/RVdVKS8q/Apple-Ipad.jpg>
  <https://i.postimg.cc/PJ4hWyS0/Apple-Iphone.jpg>
  <https://i.postimg.cc/zfgrt8dC/Samsung.jpg>
 1. You're correct I don't use the iPhones or iPad

Exactly. You only did the above screenshots because badgolferman asked the question. Whereas I and many others use our iphones to take and share photos all the time, without ever needing a Windows pc.

2. You're wrong that I don't use both of them every single day though;

What do you actually use them for that isn't looking for problems, then? Give examples of what you used your ipad(s) for today.

3. And, what you're missing is I use Android and know what it can do
    (so I'm perfectly placed to explain to you how primitive iOS is).

Your clear preference is for Android because you believe it fits your "privacy model" better. Therefore everything that doesn't fit that model is bad/wrong/deficient/whatever.

For example, keeping in context of this thread, what you iPhone owners know
is the Apple advertised checkin functionality - which is limited in scope.

It is called "check in" for a reason; it isn't designed to solve all use-cases.

Since you Apple owners tend to not know anything about the real world, all
of you were ignorant that far better functionality already exists for iOS.
   *Android/iOS easy to use "I'm Home/I left Work" automated SMS geofence app*
  <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=13360&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#13360>

How is it "far better" when you've never actually used it in "the real world"? It's an app with 1-star rating and hasn't been updated in five years.

All you do is draw a circle, write the desired text, and set recipients.
This checkin is way better than what Apple has provided to you, in fact.

Stating something is a fact doesn't make it so. I've said this to you many times. You have many opinions and insinuations, but very few facts.

That's value I add that none of you Apple-only owners could possibly know.
And for that added value about the real world, you should thank me, Chris.

Why? You've not actually used it in the "real world". You're simply recommending crap, that probably doesn't work, simply because it isn't by Apple.

The value I add is that I know how a modern device works in the real world.

No you don't as you've admitted so yourself. You don't add value.

And I can inform you that the iOs devices are mired in yesterday's tech.
 You should appreciate that vast knowledge I have about how iOS devices
actually work in the real world, and how the primitive iOS devices fare
against a modern device, even an ancient modern Android device as shown in
this screenshot I made moments ago just for you, Chris, of my devices.
   <https://i.postimg.cc/fLp1L6XM/real-world.jpg>

Man, you do love your unsubstantiated and pointless photos/screenshots. Don't you? Here's my android phone:
https://i.postimg.cc/tg1f9PN7/u6-ACPLn-Zh-HS9fm-JGE772n-U.jpg

You only *test* them to find differences or deficiencies that fit your
bias. You target functionality that is of no interest to anyone or almost
no-one.

 This is partially true also, Chris, as you use an iOS device mostly to play
games, and I've never even tested how well (or poorly) my devices do that.

Wrong.

(Plus I'm the one who broke most of the news about Apple breaking the law,
although recently others have overtaken me on that important role here.)

Lol. Get over yourself. None of that happened.

You only raise your ugly head when you see something negative in ios.

 C'mon now. I'm not that ugly. I had an operation on my face after the
recent accident, but my wife still thinks I'm the cutest charmer around.

Sorry to hear that.
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