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Cool, but then what use is smartphone without internet access? It just becomes an oversized and inefficient clock. Especially, since on iPhones you can't easily

Cool, but then what use is smartphone without internet access? It just becomes an oversized and inefficient clock. Especially, since on iPhones you can't easily sideload apps offline like you can on Android.

dzhiurgis 4y ago
It's a normal security practice to prevent untrusted apps from calling home. The problem is Apple thinks you are ok to trust them after reviewing their binary code for 120 seconds.
hn92726819 4y ago
They aren't saying disable internet for the whole phone. Just a select few apps. Some android roms have this feature (or rooted users can use AFwall) and it's amazing. You can install a game, block its internet, and the game can't track you, show you annoying ads, or show you full screen newsletters fetched from the internet. Edit: you already can disable internet for the whole phone just leave it on airplane mode for eternity. But as you said, the use cases are quite limited
cesarb 4y ago
> Cool, but then what use is smartphone without internet access? It just becomes an oversized and inefficient clock. A phone. You can make and receive calls with it. And also SMS.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  But for that you can also use a Nokia 3310, not spend hundos on an iPhone.
  - cesarb 4y ago
    > But for that you can also use a Nokia 3310, not spend hundos on an iPhone. You don't have to spend anything if you already have that device. For instance, it could be a hand-me-down from a relative. In my family, we do have an older Android 2.x device which is currently being used as just a phone (for calls, SMS, and yes, an oversized clock); it has passed through the hands of three people already, and only the first of them used the smartphone functionality. After that, it was factory reset and never connected to a data network again (because it would then try to update all built-in apps... and that tiny phone simply has not enough storage for all these updates). It works perfectly as a phone.
fomine3 4y ago
Play OG Flappy Bird

dzhiurgis 4y ago

It's a normal security practice to prevent untrusted apps from calling home. The problem is Apple thinks you are ok to trust them after reviewing their binary code for 120 seconds.

hn92726819 4y ago

They aren't saying disable internet for the whole phone. Just a select few apps. Some android roms have this feature (or rooted users can use AFwall) and it's amazing. You can install a game, block its internet, and the game can't track you, show you annoying ads, or show you full screen newsletters fetched from the internet. Edit: you already can disable internet for the whole phone just leave it on airplane mode for eternity. But as you said, the use cases are quite limited

cesarb 4y ago

> Cool, but then what use is smartphone without internet access? It just becomes an oversized and inefficient clock. A phone. You can make and receive calls with it. And also SMS.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
But for that you can also use a Nokia 3310, not spend hundos on an iPhone.
- cesarb 4y ago
  > But for that you can also use a Nokia 3310, not spend hundos on an iPhone. You don't have to spend anything if you already have that device. For instance, it could be a hand-me-down from a relative. In my family, we do have an older Android 2.x device which is currently being used as just a phone (for calls, SMS, and yes, an oversized clock); it has passed through the hands of three people already, and only the first of them used the smartphone functionality. After that, it was factory reset and never connected to a data network again (because it would then try to update all built-in apps... and that tiny phone simply has not enough storage for all these updates). It works perfectly as a phone.

fomine3 4y ago

Play OG Flappy Bird