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To: NAG1 who wrote (212656)	12/13/2023 4:37:46 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

> most people who value security will stay with Apple's App Store You're probably right... but I can see a third party vetting apps, it would be voluntary for consumers which is better. Big apps like Epic's junk really don't need much vetting to be safe downloaded straight from the company or from a trusted 3rd party especially if they vet them. It's not just saving a buck or two for the producers. Apple's just too heavy handed these days, to monopolistic. IMO these giant companies should have been broken up long ago. Apple's just too vast, Tim is too isolated from most consumers, and the executive hounds inside are drooling, waiting to be the next Emperor of Apple. Apple etc have gotten so big they're unresponsive in many ways. They've always had problems that way. They get me enraged sometimes which is why I don't use all things Apple anymore. They've *screwed* me several times. In earlier years they bent over backwards to help me. Their online help is non existent now. Frankly I'd think I'd probably prefer an android phone at any price although google's just as bad or worse. But for sure there's no comparison between a perfectly usable low priced Android phone and a low priced Apple phone since there are no low end iPhones... and in the midrange Android wins. In the high range for professionals iPhones might be better for some people. I love my $80 4 year old Samsung Android (going Motorola though soon)... it's been a long time since I loved an Apple product. I don't like Apple's attitude on proprietary either. Or suppressing people like John Stewart. Right now kids see iPhones as status symbols... kids are fickle though... they might learn their lessons eventually that saving for a down payment on a home is easier if you don't blow $5 on cups of coffee everyday for years on end and using a $100 Android that does what you NEED instead of a $500 iPhone that is more "cool"... but I doubt it so your investment is still safe I think.