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Apple Users

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7. Google created Android and the Android ecosystem for data collection purposes.

Mon Sep 11, 2023, 09:42 AM

Sep 2023

Every Android device sends personal data including your location to Google (and not many people know how to turn it off)

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As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its Dominance [View all] dalton99a Sep 2023 OP

Cost too much snowybirdie Sep 2023 #1

True. Even the budget phones have what most people need dalton99a Sep 2023 #2

Quality must be first decision which is why the iPhone is perfect jimfields33 Sep 2023 #4

I agree they cost too much. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #8

After three disastrous Samsung phones in a row dlk Sep 2023 #3

Yes, there's a world of difference, in my view dlk Sep 2023 #13

Writing this in an iPhone8 that is easily 8 years old. usonian Sep 2023 #5

I'm an Apple guy and have been for years...but not for phones. brush Sep 2023 #9

You're not wrong! justaprogressive Sep 2023 #10

I have an AT&T android that works just fine too. brush Sep 2023 #11