On 9 Jul 2018 19:42:21 GMT, sms wrote:
> That's a terrible analogy. BTW, I own three chainsaws.
I have a good chainsaw too - which I use all the time.
It's dangerous to use - but it's powerful.
That's my point.
The analogy is that Apple crippled what iOS could do.
Those here seem to say Apple crippled iOS so that it wouldn't be too
powerfully dangerous - but more to the point, Apple cripples iOS so that
they can *control* and *restrict* what the users can do.
For example, the user can't torrent, they can't automatically record phone
calls, they can't get the unique Cell Tower ID (no matter how many times
nospam and Jolly Roger make up that they can), they can't record wifi
signal strength graphically for all access points over time, they can't
even put app icons where they want them to be for heaven's sake.
Using iOS is like using a butterknife to saw down a tree - or - maybe a
hedge clipper to saw down a tree if you object to the butterknife analogy.
Using Android is like having a Stihl 20-inch chain saw.
Powerful. And dangerous.
It's not for man children like nospam or Jolly Roger.
BTW, did you ever get your iOS device to work effectively as a "usb stick"?
Mine works just fine as an effective "usb stick".
I just plug it in, and voila - simultaneous access to all three operating
system's visible file system, Windows, Linux, and iOS.
That's a pretty neat trick considering it's so simple (although nospam
things that simply plugging in a USB cable is "too complicated" for him).
>> But notice that the Orwellian restrictions of iOS mean that the extreely
>> useful app functionality that this thread speaks about, which is available
>> free to all Android users, is unavailable on iOS (despite nospam's spurious
>> unfounded unsupported claims to the contrary - where nospam is afraid to
>> post a link to his wholly fabricated claims of iOS app functionality).
>
> Security is of paramount importance for many corporations, and Apple is
> very serious about protecting user's data. Google is not. The difference
> is understandable, and it's fundamental to each company's business model.
I would agree that you have a point, where Apple restricts what the apps
can do so that allows control that Android doesn't allow. I'm not
disagreeing with you.
If you care more about safety than functionality, then iOS is likely the
better platform. I don't think anyone would argue with that.
But you can't have people like nospam and Jolly Roger saying it's both safe
and functional, because iOS apps are clearly not anywhere nearly as
functional as Android apps are, so the iOS ecosystem sure as hell had
better at least be safe! :)
It's good to speak to someone on this newsgroup who can handle facts.
We don't have to agree on how much we weigh functionality versus safety -
but we at least can speak facts without having to deal with the incessant
fabrication of imaginary functionality that nospam and Jolly Roger
constantly do.
> The intense focus on security means that some useful Android apps cannot
> exist on iOS, and the corporations that rely on Apple's security
> consciousness are fine with that.
Is that why there are no automatic call recording apps on iOS?
Dunno.
Maybe it's why you can't torrent on iOS?
But why can't you get a correct cell tower ID on iOS?
Is that really a "security" issue?
And why no ability to graph wifi signal strength for all visible APs?
Is that really a security issue?
More to the point, is the ability to organize your desktop the way you want
to organize it a security issue? Probably not, right?
So not every Orwellian restriction of iOS us a 'security" issue.
Being a pragmatic and intelligent person, I suspect that Apple does what
Apple can get away with - which - make no doubt about it - Apple gets away
with a lot!
They're one of the most profitable companies on the planet, and yet, their
product is so primitive that the app launcher hasn't progressed in ten
years, which is an eternity in this technical space.
When you compare the functionality of the Nova launcher, for example, to
the lack of functionality in the iOS app launcher, the stark reality of the
primitive and hugely restrictive iOS user interface hits home hard.
My main point is that I'm sure "security" is the reason for "some" of the
iOS Orwellian restrictions - but it's hard to make a case that providing
users with an admittedly primitive launcher (by all accounts except the
Apple man children) has anything to do with 'security'.
That issue of what Apple is really doing is kind of why I haven't responded
to Alan Browne's post, where Apple has never created a best-in-class
product, but, his point is that isn't their market.
Anyway, I really do care about you sms, so I would love to know if you've
gotten all your answers on your questions about using the iOS device as an
effective "usb stick".
For me, "it just works:
a. I plug the iOS device into my desktop using USB.
b. Voila!
Just by doing that, I can slide any files from Windows/Linux/iOS visible
file systems both ways *simultaneously* into or out of all three file
systems.
It's just so perfect!
(It amazes me that just plugging in a device is "too complex" for nospam.)