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This is why I am team Android since day one. It has finally taken Apple 17 years to adapt this. 😆
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-copy-android-more-customizable-home-screen-3427873/
23 minutes ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:First and foremost, I have no idea what the issue is- I don't believe I've ever had a messed up text session with anyone due to the platform either of us uses.
I'm really not an Apple crusader, but I'm a big fan of things that work... and British cars.
Androids are the British cars in the US. ***** happens when you're competing against Toyota. Sure you can put 4 wheels, an engine and a gearbox in the thing, but that doesn't mean we have to protect your competitive market.
Apples "work" because they break others or limit things, take control. Read my above link. It's taken Apple 17 years to adapt customization. They will release it and the iSheeple will eat it up as "new." 😆
Oh, British cars leak oil like a sieve. 😆
Toyota motors sludge. Frames rot. 😆
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1 hour ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:
Totally agree, though I don't recall the 96 million software developers having such a problem with all of this while Apple only had a consistent 4% of the market. Funny how concerns and lawsuits emerge when you find out you've aligned with the wrong horse.
I don't think it's about picking a wrong horse. Nothing to do with apps. It's standardization of the way two phones communicate.
Personally as an Android user, I don't mind... If you're in a group text with say iOS users and you're phone blows up... It's time to delete everything and get out of the conversation. Or... Say a family thread, they send you all kinds of shi... 😆🤣
Still... Phones need to basically work the same and it's Apple that purposely breaks the standardization so they sell more phones and keep people hooked for life. It's predatory, especially on teenagers... They are more likely to fall for the silly status of such things.
Maybe in respect the way Apple communicate via text, media is better... They should get paid for it... But time should run out on the proprietary nature of such innovation and be open to standardization... We're going on 20 years of the smartphone. That standardization will drive new innovation. The almighty buck is a good driver of innovation.
It's really the governments role to standardize the communication between the two gardens. Everything else can stay the same.
We don't drive on whatever side of the road a state chooses and then piecemeal in crossovers at each state line/border. Sure most of the time those crossovers would work... But the chaos it creates during peak times would be insane.
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13 hours ago, muppy said:
But good news, research indicates other human activities much worse. Look at the numbers of feral & domestic cats!
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35 minutes ago, Virgil said:
I don’t understand how the government or the legal system has the right to tell any business how they have to offer their software. If Apple was a monopoly, then sure. But Android has a huge market share.
Personally, I’m glad they added usb-c and I hope they integrate iMessage and sms. But I believe that’s apples decision to make, no one else’s.
What was your take on Microsoft & IE years ago?
It's an antitrust suit:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-03-21/apple-doj-lawsuit-consumers
Android has more market share throughout the world... But in US, it's flipped. Like 70/30 and growing.
The government has evert right to check monopolistic behavior... Especially when it's interstate communication.
Standardization is good. Walled gardens bad.
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On 3/14/2024 at 4:21 PM, Augie said:
Is this like looking for a Waldo, who can also anchor as a NT or 1T?
At a quick glance it appears to be regional, but I think it’s actually a lot more socio-economic when you keep reading.
Agree... But NOT to turn it political too. 🙄
Just saying... Detroit comes in first @ #34.
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8 hours ago, Turk71 said:
They reviewed 100 metro areas and evidently Buffalo was not one of them. Of the 100, Seattle was the lowest, McLaren TX was the highest. We don't know where Buffalo fits in.
(No pun intended)
Which is good thing! Buffalo didn't make list!
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20 minutes ago, Punching Bag said:
In actuality UFL is like generic soda pop compared to brand name soda for NFL. Perhaps it will be better than its parent league however.
😆... I liked it better than Pepsi!
https://www.tastingtable.com/1377209/wegmans-says-goodbye-to-wpop-soda/
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ALL I gotta say is... Hope The League is reading this!
YOU OWE US!
Not the same BS we've been dealt with for 64 years... The Refs, etc...
If the Bills don't bring in a championship, trouble times ahead.
I don't care how they do it, but they owe us... Look what they did to save the Cheatriots after Krafty built on his own dime.
Get it done NFL! The championship pieces are in place. Bring us one. You got customers for life. Screw as usual, all bets off.
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16 minutes ago, Augie said:
My, my, my…. someone is pretty prickly about his phone! 😋
Look, I agree Apple should adapt to make things more seamless when dealing with non-Apple devices if it can be done easily. It is probably a calculated and dirty business philosophy. But on the list of things that bother me, you will find this somewhere near the bottom, and you’ll have to dig for a while to get there. It’s a phone, and it does what I need it to do. I didn’t get an Apple phone to make a statement about anything. It’s what we got when cell phones became available, and it’s what we still use. They piss me off when updates kill them, but I still have an iPhone.
A cell phone, no matter who makes it, is just for convenience in life. It’s a tool, not a status symbol. I think of cars and a lot of other “stuff” the same way. As long as it does what I want it to do, it’s all good. There is nothing disingenuous about that.
Isn't this everything in life? There really should be no status symbols or social stratification. If there are any of these symbols or hierarchy in one's life, then they are being disingenuous claiming what you're claiming. Evertning is basically a tool from where one lives, what they do, to what they use in life.
I am just poking fun at both sides. People love their logos. Enjoy what you enjoy.
Apple is causing the standardization problem. EU got them on board with their proprietary cables. US will get them onboard with how they talk to the world outside their walled garden. Apple is the one's causing the issues.
Again... Should they be paid for their innovation? Most definitely, but only for a limited time.
We were here before with Microsoft and IE. What were people's take on that 25 years ago?
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CORRECTION: 66% know how to drive manual. Yet, only highlights my argument. 2.8% choose to.
But... Only 20% still remember or can with immediate proficiency:
"...How many people can still drive stick?
Most estimates say that roughly 20% of Americans can still drive a stick shift car. Interestingly, the report shows that of CarMax customers who bought a manual car, the majority were younger males. In fact, manual buyers are four years younger on average than the overall average CarMax customer. This means that younger people are doing the heavy lifting to save manual transmission cars. ..."
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13 hours ago, JoeF said:
***** all of you - from an iSheeple (😉 🤣) Green bubble = Inferior species....
By the way I agree with Augie - stuff is stuff - take it away tomorrow and I would not miss it.
I think you're being disingenuous as @Augie is. "I don't care about stuff, buy I care about stuff" argument.
Granted... If you just made the argument that sticking with Apple is just plain easier, you'd get no complaint out of me that their devices are easier to run. Like a standard shift vehicle vs. an automatic transmission. A lotta people can run both, like 18% of the population... But you'd never catch 13% of that 18% running the harder machine again out of choice... Why I can respect @Gugny's point... BUT he was manipulated into that point. They got his money for life and innovation will now go down.
ONLY Apple can make both machines run smoother... They possess the easier technology to do so. It's solely up to them, yet they won't. It's all about getting everyone onto the same architecture. To Apple, we should all be driving around with Apple automatic transmissions where they get a cut of everyone's money. Maybe they should, but only for a certain amount of time.
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9 hours ago, Gugny said:
I took a break from iPhones about a decade ago. Bought a Motorola razr. I didn’t care for it. Rebooted all the time. Not nearly as user friendly as an iPhone. It only lasted a couple years.
My only gripe about android phones is that they make group texts less than ideal.
If you’re in a group text with a green bubbler, YOU CANNOT LEAVE THE GROUP!
That’s really my only complaint.
Other than that, to each his own.
But... If you're following, it's not the Android that's doing that... It's the Apple that's causing the problem. It's the walled garden of the Apple. You're basically blaming the victim. Apple wants it this way so people buy more iPhones. Apple has you a life customer because of what they are doing.
7 hours ago, UConn James said:So does Jeep have to make all of their parts able to be put into a Ford?
It’s fairly asinine that they have to be subject to sharing / interfacing their proprietary technology with competing companies. Should EasyBake ovens have to be pair-able with the kitchen playsets that every little girl gets?
Does BMW get sued for jumping up and down in their commercials how much better they think their drivers are than others? When in reality BMW drivers likewise shame less expensive car owners, yet they are the ones who are known pricks who speed and weave through traffic?
As Augie writes above it’s just a phone. It’s like… “this is what our product does. It is not all things to all people. Research what you want and then decide to buy… or not.”
After much kvetching by the EU courts, they have changed to USB-C charging ports starting with the 15 series on phones.
Yeah. Half agree. But... This is like making Jeep owners use Jeep gasoline, Jeep oil.
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Oh... Got you earlier in ShoutBox. Hope you enjoyed your day! HFBD!
Saw this on the internet years ago, couldn't find it again, so I recreated it special... 😆🤣
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1 hour ago, boyst said:
i feel sorry for people who think iphones are special.
Yup!
Like the article said, even Apple people (iSheeple) have to wince at what Apple is trying to pull.
Go back 25 years and they were singing a different tune. The bullied has now turned into the corporate bully... And the same people who raged against it now love it. Shameless.
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Even the iSheeple know the suit is right. Weren't we here before with Microsoft and IE?
https://mashable.com/article/apple-messages-green-doj
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1 hour ago, Warcodered said:
Missouri, Illionois, Kentucky, and New Mexico are far too pink for being in the middle of a continent.
I wonder how New Mexico got one attack!
"Feeding time at the city aquarium", that's how! I figured as much. The Rio Grande gets a little shallow by the time it reaches New Meh-he-co... 😏
https://sourcenm.com/2021/10/15/new-mexicos-shark-attack/
"...But an attack could and did happen in the controlled environment at the city’s aquarium on March 12, 2005.
Diver Ken Pitts was wrapping up a feeding with the sand tiger sharks, and he was taking off his aquatic suit.
“So now he’s not paying as much attention to what’s beneath him,” Lang described.
One of the animals bumped into him causing two quarter-inch puncture wounds five inches above his wrist on the forearm. Pitts’ wounds were minor, requiring six stitches, and he was back diving in the tank shortly after the incident.
That’s why New Mexico doesn’t show up on the map with a clean record for shark attacks. ..."
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2 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:
No, all he does is have sex with Hollywood elite actresses, I thought everyone knew this…,
And when he can, squeeze a barmaid in from Cheektowaga... That too.
That ain't, that's the way you do it, money for nothing and your...
2 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:The gulf is he is well beyond Mahomes. If Allen was in KC he would have as many if not more titles and MVP's
That means one more title.
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On 3/15/2024 at 9:14 AM, Gregg said:
That guy is brave and crazy. Tiger sharks I believe are the 2nd most dangerous shark behind only the great white. I know the big 3 are white, tiger, and bull.
AND bull sharks can tolerate fresh water. They've been spotted as far north as St.Louis on the Mississippi.
@BringBackFergy There you go... You are complaining about Asian carp... Problem solved. God bless the USACE locks & dams.😉😜
"...No sightings are documented before the turn of the 20th century, but Shell and Gardner found two confirmed bull shark catches in the historical record: One in 1937, in Alton, Illinois, and another just outside of St. Louis in 1995. The 1937 shark was an 84-pounder and about 5 feet long, according to contemporary reporting by the Alton Evening Telegraph, which said the fish got stuck in a fisherman’s seine. The 1995 specimen was retrieved from the screen of a power plant intake canal, according to a 2004 report on the waterway’s ecology; the same report ascribed both the 1937 and 1995 events to waif, or accidental, one-off wandering fish. ..."
Then there's this:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shark-attacks-landlocked-states-kentucky-missouri-new-mexico/
Enjoy!😏
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2 hours ago, Gugny said:
Isn’t it “Paddy’s?”
Not for the Anglos.
Patrick is anglicized as Patty.
No difference I take.
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4 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Lead? Lead??
A natural element.
This Galleon has gold, silver and other natural resources.
Is RoundUp a natural resource?? Thx ACOE!!!
We stopped using that in 2016 after the big law suit. Now we let a private contractor handle it. 😆
Plutonium & uranium are natural elements too. 😆
All kinds of toxic natural elements.
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2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:
If anyone doesn’t know, Exiled fancies himself the protector of our natural resources (ie fresh water); yet, he single-handedly polluted a pristine swamp near the Calumet with some old leather and a few drops of diesel. He’s no longer qualified to render an opinion on this recovery effort.
Thou protest too much
"Pristine" & "Calumet River" were never used in conjunction... Ever.
Even the natives dragged their canoes through here, making ruts, and when filled w/water when rains came, the first canals were born. They polluted with stuff like carcasses of animals, etc...
There's probably lead all over that Spanish Galleon.
#LearnYourHistory
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2 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
No!! Stay away before you spill gallons and gallons of diesel fuel in this recovery effort.
Not like it won't happen anyway.😉😜
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On 3/18/2024 at 11:34 AM, BringBackFergy said:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/18/san-jose-shipwreck-recovery
Who owns it?
Columbian Navy?? LOL
The British sank the ship, so as successor to Britain, the US should own it.
All kidding aside, this is some pretty cool stuff.
Is it in Corps of Engineers jurisdiction waters?
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Trucks through him into the end zone mouthing the words:
"I'm home Rachel!"
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Apple Being Sued For Green Bubble Shaming
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Who is tech savvy and who is not.