sms wrote:

> It makes the newsgroup much more readable when you filter out the actual
> trolls.

You have to decide for yourself who adds factual value and who does not.

> Again, I posted the original thread only to comp.mobile.android
> specifically because I saw no upside in encouraging "those who must not
> be named" in misc.phone.mobile.iphone from getting upset that they are
> unable to have such a useful feature. Someone else cross-posted it.

Personally, in two decades of posting to Usenet, offhand I've only had to
filter those who provide so much negative value it's not worth reading
their trolls, such as Snit, Rod Speed (whom the FBI told me to not respond
to after his published death threats, and Alan Baker...

> There is a kludgy workaround for mock locations for iOS that requires a
> computer as well, see
> <https://www.tenorshare.com/products/ianygo-change-gps-location-iphone.html>

Thanks for re-posting that link (which we discussed long ago) which is a
_classic_ clusterfuck to attempt to get basic functionality out of iOS.

> Up until iOS 14 there was a jailbreak tweak to set a mock location but
> it doesn't work in iOS 15 (see
> <https://www.wootechy.com/change-location/cydia-fake-gps/>)

Thanks for that link also, as we had discussed this with the iKooks in the
past when nospam fabricated that iOS could do mock location without it.

> Note that there are also things that you can do on iOS that aren't
> possible on Android devices, it works both ways, so there's no need for
> anyone to get upset and start trolling when something is not possible on
> their device.

Please don't fall into the low-IQ trap of thinking that a mere trademark is
functionality - as it's not.

Due to the nature of iOS, it will _always_ be crippled compared to Android.

The reason is obvious - and it's not that Apple is missing basic hardware.
*Apple restricts what apps can do; Google can't.*

Hence, I believe you're actually wrong in saying there is _any_ useful app
functionality that an _adult_ would want that is on iOS but not on Android.

If there is, then just name it and we'll see if that _functionality_ exists
on Android - but don't name brand names or trademark names.

Name the _functionality_ which is what's important.

> You can't run Garage Band on an Android device and you
> can't use Apple News on Android or Windows.

Are you seriously claiming that the basic functionality that the
trademarked app named "Garage Band" doesn't exist at all on Android?

Seriously?

Likewise, are you seriously claiming that the basic functionality that the
trademarked app named "Apple News" provides doesn't exist on Android?

C'mon. Seriously?

> See the 100% fact checked document at
> <https://tinyurl.com/iOS-Android-Features>. It's 81 pages of extensively
> referenced information with hundreds of citations that details iOS &
> iPhone features which [many] Android users wish they had and Android &
> Android Phone features which [many] iOS users wish they had.

I give you the same challenge the iKooks fail, Steve.
*Name just one*

Name a _single_ basic app functionality that you feel is completely missing
from Android that is on iOS.
*Name just one*

> I have two
> iPhones, one iPad, and one Apple Watch, as well as one flagship Android
> device, one mid-range Android tablet, and one Samsung Gear watch, and
> am pretty familiar with the capabilities of both operating systems.

Actually, you're not.
But you understand iOS and Android differences better than most people do.

For example, you're aware that the basic functionality of automatic call
recording is completely absent from iOS, as is the basic functionality of
system wide firewalling, as is the basic functionality of graphing wi-fi
signal strength over time, as is the basic functionality of changing the
app launcher, as is the basic functionality of setting the default
messenger, etc.

Given the _reason_ iOS is crippled in basic funcdtionality has nothing
(well, very little) to do with the hardware, the reason is that the MARKET
is who supplies basic functionality that is missing from the OEM
implementation.

*Apple restricts what the market can provide - Google can't.*

Hence, there is _nothing_ by way of basic app functionality on iOS that
isn't _already_ on Android (and no, if you "like" one trademarked
newsreader over another, and yet both have "newsreaders" then that doesn't
count as we're talking about functionality that is completely missing).

The challenge stands for you (or anyone) to name a single basic app
functionality that is completely missing from Android and yet IOS has it.

*Name a _single_ useful basic iOS app functionality not already on Android*
*Name just one*