Re: google apps

On 2025-01-30 11:36, Marion wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:04:17 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
 

Just out of curiosity, how many Google apps do you have installed
on your iPhone?

 My iPhone is an older model sans SIM card, so I'll say what's on
some of my iPads, particularly what came, by default, on my 10th
generation iPad, which does NOT have an Apple ID on it, so
everything on it is from Apple.

How is the presence of a SIM card relevant to this discussion?

 All I found by typing "Google" into the "App Library" search box
was: Google Voice
 Since I learn by helping others, I picked up my older iPads, where
the oldest that is still working is my test vehicle for how many
tens of thousands of times Apple is asking me to log into their
mainframes.

Or you picked an older iPad because you knew the result would be different on your iPhone.

 Every single day, all day, Apple incessantly nags me to log into
their mainframe tracking servers - as an iOS device is a dumb
terminal after all.

This is false.

 For that iOS 16.7.10 iPad (which is as up-to-date as Apple will
allow), every day Apple nags me in fundamental ways the Apple trolls
don't know. Apple ID Verification = Enter the password for
x@iCloud.com in Settings

I know that you will be asked to log in.
I also know that iOS devices will continue to work properly (with some obvious exceptions) regardless of whether you do so or not.

 This is in addition to Apple constantly nagging me to: Turn on Two-
Factor Authentication Finish Setting Up Your iPad {Touch ID} Finish
Setting Up Your iPad {Passcode} The reason the Apple trolls know
nothing about Apple products is it would never occur to them to
think on their own and NOT log into Apple's servers.

And what would be the harm of logging in?

 Anyway, I went to the App Store on that older iPad to search for "Google", and it said the following apps' status was (in the order presented to me)
 Google = Search with AI, Images & T... (this displayed twice)
{UPDATE} Google Chrome = {UPDATE} Gmail = {iCloud} Google Docs =
{GET} Google Drive = {GET} Google Maps = {OPEN} Google Sheets =
{GET} Google Slides =  {GET} Google Meet =  {UPDATE} Google
Calendar: Get... =  {UPDATE} Google Photos: Backup &...  = {GET} YouTube: Watch, Listen... {UPDATE} Google Earth = {UPDATE} Google
Translate = {GET} Google Classroom = {GET} Google Keep - Notes
and... = {GET} Google Chat = {GET} Google Bundle = {VIEW} Google
Gemini = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-party) Forms for Google Docs =
{GET} Google News = {GET} Google Authenticator = {GET} Google Home =
{GET} Google One = {GET} Google Assistant = {GET} Google Tasks: Get
Things... = {GET} Google Play Books & Audi... = {GET} Google
Analytics = {GET} Google Voice = {UPDATE} Google Arts & Culture =
{GET} GBoard - The Google Key... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
party) Contacts Sync: Google &... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
party) Forms for Google Forms = {GET} Google TV: Watch Movies... =
{GET} Google Admin = {GET} Google Family Link = {GET} Google Ads =
{GET} Google Fit: Activity Tracker = {GET} Google Cloud = {GET} Google Fi Wireless = {GET} Google Opinion Rewards = {GET} ? (turned
out to be 3rd-party) gTasks for Google Tasks = {GET} YouTube TV =
{GET} GFiber: The Google Fiber... = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-
party) Template for Google Docs = {GET} (turned out to be 3rd-party)
Gome: remote for Google... = {GET} Wear OS by Google = {GET} Google
Device Policy = {GET} THIRD PARTY: Blogger for Google Blogs = {GET} Lens: Translate & Image S... = {GET} Google Cardboard = {GET}
 Some of those may not be from Google, but, unlike the Apple trolls
who don't spend any time to reply to anyone, I checked the obvious
ones.
 In addition to those that the App Store found, separate searches
found these iOS apps which didn't show up in my App Store search for
"Google".
 PhotoScan by Google Photos:  This app helps you scan and digitize
old photos. Google Lens:  The standalone Google Lens app is also
available in addition to  the Lens app that the App Store found in
my search above on the iPad. YouTube Studio:  This is for YouTube
creators to manage their channels. Google Play Games:  This is
Google's app for gaming on mobile, including achievements  and
leaderboards. Google Wifi:  This app helps you manage your Google
Wifi network. Looker Mobile:  Used for accessing and analyzing data
with Looker (which is a business intelligence platform). Google Play
Services: This is a background app that helps other Google apps
function properly. And then there are these apps halfway in between
iOS & Android it seems: Google Play Console: This is for developers
to manage their apps on the Google Play Store. Android Switch:  This
helps you transfer data from an Android phone to an iPhone.
 In summary, to answer the OP's original question with accuracy, here
are the Google apps which I have on my older iPad that I use to test
how long it takes before Apple bricks it simply for not logging into
Apple's mothership mainframe tracking servers (which most people
don't know about).

Apple doesn't brick iOS devices just because you don't log in.

 Google = Search with AI, Images & T... (this displayed twice)
{UPDATE} Google Chrome = {UPDATE} Gmail = {iCloud} Google Maps =
{OPEN} Google Meet =  {UPDATE} Google Calendar: Get... =  {UPDATE} YouTube: Watch, Listen... {UPDATE} Google Earth = {UPDATE} Google
Bundle = {VIEW}

"Gmail" does not EQUAL "{iCloud}"...
...and don't you know how to properly format lists such as you've just presented?

 Note that only Google Maps is up to date (for some strange reason).

You updated it.

I would think this iOS list would be similar for Mac apps, is it
not?

"would it not?".
And what is that sentence even supposed to mean?
<meaningless chest-thumping snipped>