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iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Re: iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Post by toomuchtodo »

orf wrote: post #10
rablo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would require keeping a connection open to the mail server 24/7 which is a bad idea.

Why a constant one? Why not on WiFi only? Push notifications also require a constant connection as well, I think?

Push notifications are more efficient, as iOS manages the persistent connection to receive push notifications versus your application long polling.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9901686 (HN thread where Rob @ FastMail dives in depth why push notifications are superior to IMAP IDLE)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17262511/how-do-ios-push... (How do iOS Push Notifications work?)

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Post by seba_dos1 »

rablo wrote: post #9
tmikaeld wrote: post #8

Have they added IMAP Idle support yet? Not having imap mail push on iOS is annoying to say the least.

That would require keeping a connection open to the mail server 24/7 which is a bad idea.

It's a way better idea than periodic polling, which is the current behaviour when the mail server operator doesn't collaborate directly with Apple to implement their push notifications.

Re: iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Post by seba_dos1 »

arrty88 wrote: post #4

iOS 11 is still better than Android

As a Maemo user that recently got both Android and iOS devices for software porting and testing: hardly. When it comes to reliability, glitches, etc. they're pretty comparable, with Android being slightly better.

However, I have only seen Replicant, AOSP and LineageOS. What you get packaged by your hardware vendor might be worse.

Re: iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Post by nojvek »

some_account wrote: post #2

This reads like an apple press release, with no critical thought whatsoever.

Well a lot of journalism recently is like that.

Newspaper subscriptions are a dying breed. Online news makes money from ads. To sell more ads, you have to sell more views or get sponsored content (native advertising)

It is in the interest of news companies to tell us things that we want to hear, or what a large group will want to hear.

Re: iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Post by jjcm »

walterbell wrote: post #5

Can we have a VPN button in Control Center? How about per-app VPNs with Apple Configurator, i.e. no MDM? If Apple wants to support privacy, it should be possible to route one or more apps to a dedicated VPN where their traffic can be restricted and monitored closely.

Doubtful as they'd get on the bad side of a lot of governments doing that. VPNs are something that the upper brass are aware about and will make a fuss about if they're added. It's a high profile security measure.

Re: iOS 12 is all about making your iPhone work better

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Post by ianthiel »

some_account wrote: post #2

This reads like an apple press release, with no critical thought whatsoever.

Unfortunately I’m finding this to be the case with much of TC’s content. A shame because there used to be genuinely interesting commentary all over the sure not long ago.
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