Re: The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time

Wilf wrote on Thu, 2 May 2024 11:58:37 +0100 :

The reason I use the Gmail app as opposed to Mail is
absolutely because of the visibility of the Gmail labels.  If Mail could
do that, I'd change over to it in a heartbeat.

IMHO, GMail is superior to anything that Apple has ever provided for mail.

This discussion shows why people have to be open minded when it comes to
functionality that is available in two different apps, since it boils down
to personal preferences - where neither is right nor wrong in choosing that
they "prefer" the Apple Mail app or the Google GMail app on the iOS device.

In fact, I _only_ use GMail on my Apple devices, as the GMail app on an
Android device will unilaterally _create_ a tracking "Account" on that
Android device (where the technically competent are well aware that the
first rule of privacy on a mobile device is not to have any tracking
accounts associated with that device when the account info is queried).

Not all Google apps create an account on the Android device though.

The Google Maps app, for example, does not create an account on the Android
device, so I use Google Maps on Android instead of using it on iOS.

But the Google Voice app _does_ create an account on the device, so that's
why I only use Google Voice on my iPads and iPhones, which, to be clear,
already have an account on the device since tracking is what Apple does.

Since the Google GMail app works fine in iOS but it creates a tracking
account on Android, I chose to make my default MUA on Android the best free
open source privacy aware mobile phone MUA, which works fine for me.

 *FairEmail*, privacy aware email by Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV, FOSS
 Free, ad free, gsf free, 4.6 star, 24.3K reviews, 500K+ Downloads
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.email>
 <https://email.faircode.eu/>
 <https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.email/>
 <https://www.xda-developers.com/fairemail-email-app-privacy-conscious-android/>
 <https://www.xda-developers.com/fairemail-open-source-privacy-friendly-email/>