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IthinkThereforeIAM

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12. Yep...
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 11:58 AM
Mar 2024

Last edited Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:45 PM - Edit history (1)

... my iPhone is my phone, think of the old landline phones. No security issues, just answer it when it rings or check your answering machine. I do not use my iPhone for games or FB, it is not a toy. I do not TikTok or Snapchat or Twixter on it, either.

And I finally had to buy an iPhone SE 3 last week. My iPhone 6 still works and looks like new, but I needed iOS 15 or higher. Why? SECURITY... the app for my new Cochlear sound processor needed it, my Gas Buddy app, too. And it only added $17.83 to my monthly T-Mobile unlimited data bill. I add that because many will say, "Apple is over priced". And here I am, worry free.

PS: My aunt(RIP Char) had an android cellphone and it was always getting infected, she would click on emails and/or FB messages and she was too ill to go with me to the Verizon store and get things cleared up.

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Hunter and Tim Apple WA-03 Democrat Mar 2024 #1
All Apple two things to really needs to do imo is open up the options cstanleytech Mar 2024 #2
They lose security then and the side apps will take your data. Ellipsis Mar 2024 #7
Their current security isn't bulletproof as what gives it that illusion is cstanleytech Mar 2024 #11
They have about 20,000 people involved in that process. That's why Apple takes its 30%. Ellipsis Mar 2024 #13
I believe that I read that they have a little over 70% and that it's still increasing so addressing the problem now with cstanleytech Mar 2024 #17
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2024 #12
I was watching Merrick Garland on MSNBC LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #3
This goes back many years. SarahD Mar 2024 #4
The crux of the issue is Apple takes 30% for an app to be on the App Store and the Apps are vetted. Ellipsis Mar 2024 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #5
The Cult Of Apple ItsjustMe Mar 2024 #6
YMMV - Think Different. GoneOffShore Mar 2024 #19
About time Apple gets called on their MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #8
They have only held that monopoly since Apple came out. Autumn Mar 2024 #9
This goes nowhere JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 #14
yep azureblue Mar 2024 #15
Windows jealousy? I doubt it as Microsofts attempt to produce their own OS for phones crashed and burned. cstanleytech Mar 2024 #18
Link to DOJ court filing ificandream Mar 2024 #16
AFTER a review by forun hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 2024 #20
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