Posts by Usage Lapsed 5 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Jun 2021
OK so some interoperability may be nice with regards to images etc. not being sent via SMS/MMS... Apple could do this (and probably should) and give them a different colour bubble. People would then just complain that the bubble is still not Blue.
If Apple were to release an iMessage app, would this really solve the problem as then Android users would then need to download another app and they would moan about this too (or about yet another bubble colour).
Google Chat is already available on iDevices so effectively Apple don't need to create an app because there is already there, so is the Representatives complaint still valid about loss of quality, location etc. in images? Seems more like he is moaning that Apple people don't want to install another app that resolves this issue, probably because so many are already using other Data Gatherers messaging services already.
I'm on Apple (my choice), the kids on on Android (their choice)... i couldn't care less about bubble colour, image reduction and location within as we use the app most appropriate to the use case. This is sometimes SMS in crappy signal areas (yes, there's lots of them, yes itis not e2ee but use case remember), Facebook Messenger (with e2ee), Google Photos (rarely) or Discord. The kids sit a lot of time in Snap due to its functionality (I don't have it).
Not kept up on it but, has Google opened it's Rich Test messaging service to others yet? The Carriers were all up for it at one point but is it actually available? Maybe this system should be focused on rather then than chase each individually. Though if it's not e2ee by default, then I wouldn't care less again.
My argument here really is, there are ways around it, those ways are probably used more anyhow due to what the user is trying to achieve, so does it really matter.
This is all part of Microsoft’s data grab, Edge is chromium based but I hate the controls of it so much that I don’t use it. I don’t want to be forced to set a background, or set sites or always be directed to msn. I want it out of my way!
I noticed the next part of their grab in the mail client on win10, seems that gmail accounts will now be ‘cached’ on Microsoft’s servers rather than just accessed by the client. We all know that cached by Microsoft means plundered for as much data as they can get.
Bad Microsoft, just bad!
No I don't want Co-Pilot to even run on my OS without me doing a specific install, but then it's M$ so what do they care. We need some more creepiness providers so the EU can say bundling it is anti-competitive and rip it out.
What also gets me, is why on Earth "Microsoft has updated the Windows share window to share URLs directly to WhatsApp, Gmail, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and dealt with an issue..."! Just provide the framework and if you install the unwanted associated application, then add it to the share system (like android), don't just build it in.
With how they write their software lately, it wouldn't surprise me if we find that on opening it, it pings a load of info to them regardless if you have an account or not.
I’m sorry, I just don’t get this.
For years all I’ve seen is how a tweak to the connection part of the data is the holy grail for speed and amount of data used; it will solve all issues… this is just smoke and mirrors.
In reality, we have to wait for multiple dns lookups for ad networks, then all the auctions to complete before advertiser then decides which to serve, then of course the data transfer for the ad, often before the page will render fully.
When you only have 1 bar of signal and trying to get an address or so because you are lost, then what would really speed it up is dropping all the crap.
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