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  • The inferior iOS keyboard replaced on the new phone!

    From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 23 15:38:18 2022
    By Google's keyboard. It has numbers as long holds on the top row of keys and period key at the bottom. Optional keyboard layouts are available. I chose white letters and black background. Others are available.

    Apple's is so 2015.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Sep 23 15:56:38 2022
    On 2022-09-23 15:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    By Google's keyboard. It has numbers as long holds on the top row of keys and period key at the bottom. Optional keyboard layouts are available. I chose white letters and black background. Others are available.

    Apple's is so 2015.

    Except for the part about making sure of your privacy when you use
    alternate keyboards..

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Sun Sep 25 08:49:16 2022
    On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 6:56:40 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-09-23 15:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    By Google's keyboard. It has numbers as long holds on the top row of keys and period key at the bottom. Optional keyboard layouts are available. I chose white letters and black background. Others are available.

    Apple's is so 2015.
    Except for the part about making sure of your privacy when you use
    alternate keyboards..

    That does not bother me. I understand the trade-off.

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Sep 26 06:34:45 2022
    On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 6:56:40 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-09-23 15:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    By Google's keyboard. It has numbers as long holds on the top row of keys and period key at the bottom. Optional keyboard layouts are available. I chose white letters and black background. Others are available.

    Apple's is so 2015.
    Except for the part about making sure of your privacy when you use
    alternate keyboards..

    Another way to look at it is that Apple has for years provided a native keyboard that is missing many great features long available on Android devices and iOS apps like Grammarly. Thus, a privacy tradeoff may be required if you want to access those
    features.

    This is what happens when a company has market power.

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Mon Sep 26 17:44:36 2022
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.

    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share of phones.

    🙄

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Mon Sep 26 13:27:07 2022
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.
    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share of phones.

    🙄

    Market power is owning both the OS and hardware in an unbreakable tie-in and earning almost all the glopbal smartphone net profit.

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Tue Sep 27 04:04:10 2022
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.
    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share >> of phones.

    🙄

    Market power is owning both the OS and hardware in an unbreakable tie-in
    and earning almost all the glopbal smartphone net profit.

    No. That is called being a successful company.

    Android has 70% market share. Surely SOMEONE is making money on Android phones.

    I assume that you will now trot out the “Apple is a monopoly” horse shit.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Mon Sep 26 21:43:42 2022
    On 2022-09-26 21:04, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.
    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share >>> of phones.

    🙄

    Market power is owning both the OS and hardware in an unbreakable tie-in
    and earning almost all the glopbal smartphone net profit.

    No. That is called being a successful company.

    Android has 70% market share. Surely SOMEONE is making money on Android phones.

    I assume that you will now trot out the “Apple is a monopoly” horse shit.


    Well...

    ..he IS a lying little shit.

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Sep 27 07:12:51 2022
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 12:43:45 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-09-26 21:04, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote: >>> Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.
    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share
    of phones.

    🙄

    Market power is owning both the OS and hardware in an unbreakable tie-in >> and earning almost all the glopbal smartphone net profit.

    No. That is called being a successful company.

    Android has 70% market share. Surely SOMEONE is making money on Android phones.

    I assume that you will now trot out the “Apple is a monopoly” horse shit.

    Well...

    ..he IS a lying little shit.

    That "lying little shit" actually describes you to a T.

    Apple has market power based on the OS/hardware tie-in. If they abuse that power then the Justice Dept and FTC get interested in pursuing antitrust action.

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Tue Sep 27 07:11:44 2022
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 12:04:16 AM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This is what happens when a company has market power.
    Yeah man. Apple is drunk with “market power” from that 28% global share
    of phones.

    🙄

    Market power is owning both the OS and hardware in an unbreakable tie-in and earning almost all the glopbal smartphone net profit.
    No. That is called being a successful company.

    Android has 70% market share. Surely SOMEONE is making money on Android phones.

    I assume that you will now trot out the “Apple is a monopoly” horse shit.

    No, they have market power based on the OS/hardware tie-in. If they abuse that power then the Justice Dept and FTC get interested in pursuing antitrust action.

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