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Re: Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software

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> Perhaps I was just less brainwashed than most Apple fans And yet you use Google everything, despite privacy concerns...

I figure I have none anyway. My working assumption is that every major government on earth could access all of my net activity with a few keystrokes, my devices are already pwned, all of my credit card numbers have already been stolen, and pretty much anyone could pretend to be me with little trouble. The only thing that prevents this from being a massive pain in the butt is that they have also stolen the personal da…

It's not about your credit card #, it's about your social graph and your existence as a datapoint for anomaly detection.

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I agree that Apple Maps is currently better, but I attribute that mostly to the quality of Google Maps severely degrading in recent years. It has gotten so bad, that I've dusted off my old stand-alone GPS and keep it in my car's center console. Google Maps no longer has reliability that I can count on for a road trip.

"I attribute that mostly to the quality of Google Maps severely degrading in recent years." Seriously? I can't see how that would happen unless you're living somewhere prone to dramatic road rebuilding. Or do you mean the quality of the Google Maps interface?

The interface and apps. Accurate maps aren't worth a damn, without a reliable way of accessing them.

Re: Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software

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Nice friend. You end up costing me money if you SMS/MMS me while I'm not in your country.

Receiving SMS is usually free, even while roaming

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