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The new battlefield is the real estate on your phone´s front page. FB + Messenger + Instagram + Whatsapp: 4 out of 16 icons, not bad.

by sujito 12y ago

rimantas 12y ago
iPhone 5* screen has a place for 20 icons + 4 in the dock.
- GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
  Can you have folders on iOS? I've bundled all of my messaging apps together.
  - Spiritus 12y ago
    Yes you can.
  - bighi 12y ago
    Is there people still using iOS?
    - mdmarra 12y ago
      Yes.
    - artmageddon 12y ago
      *Are, and what makes you think there aren't??
    - jaegerpicker 12y ago
      I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but let's all be clear iOS still has a large percentage of web traffic, app downloads, and money spent in the app store/in-app purchases and it's lead it actually growing.
- bookwormAT 12y ago
  For most smartphones the number of icons that fit on a home screen is independent from the device type or the operating system on the device. Different Android-based operating systems come with different UIs, and installing a new home screen UI on any of them is as easy as installing Angry Birds.
nosage 12y ago
Very interesting theory! Google must not have realized this because all of the google apps are in a single folder. Still, my home screen is 4 out of 20: Google folder, Gmail, Chrome and Authenticator.
- sillysaurus3 12y ago
  Random question: Is Authenticator secure from Google themselves? I thought "yes," but after thinking a little more it seems like the answer is "maybe not." What's to prevent an app like Authenticator from uploading its cryptographic seeds to Google's servers? I was wondering why a company would invest resources into creating an app like Authenticator, which seems to have no obvious path toward monetization. But if the company who writes Authenticator can also spy on its users, then that might be the answer.
  - xyzzy123 12y ago
    It's not hard to decompile and verify Authenticator if you really need to. IMHO the real problem is the actual OS :/
balladeer 12y ago
It's the user's choice, like in my case this number is ZERO.
smackfu 12y ago
Facebook has been playing this game for a while. They've also had Facebook Camera since mid-2012. It was clearly meant as a drop-in replacement for the iOS camera app, that just made it easier to upload your photos to Facebook.
baby 12y ago
What about the oculus icon.

The new battlefield is the real estate on your phone´s front page. FB + Messenger + Instagram + Whatsapp: 4 out of 16 icons, not bad.

by sujito 12y ago

The new battlefield is the real estate on your phone´s front page. FB + Messenger + Instagram + Whatsapp: 4 out of 16 icons, not bad.

rimantas 12y ago

iPhone 5* screen has a place for 20 icons + 4 in the dock.

GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
Can you have folders on iOS? I've bundled all of my messaging apps together.
- Spiritus 12y ago
  Yes you can.
- bighi 12y ago
  Is there people still using iOS?
  - mdmarra 12y ago
    Yes.
  - artmageddon 12y ago
    *Are, and what makes you think there aren't??
  - jaegerpicker 12y ago
    I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but let's all be clear iOS still has a large percentage of web traffic, app downloads, and money spent in the app store/in-app purchases and it's lead it actually growing.
bookwormAT 12y ago
For most smartphones the number of icons that fit on a home screen is independent from the device type or the operating system on the device. Different Android-based operating systems come with different UIs, and installing a new home screen UI on any of them is as easy as installing Angry Birds.

nosage 12y ago

Very interesting theory! Google must not have realized this because all of the google apps are in a single folder. Still, my home screen is 4 out of 20: Google folder, Gmail, Chrome and Authenticator.

sillysaurus3 12y ago
Random question: Is Authenticator secure from Google themselves? I thought "yes," but after thinking a little more it seems like the answer is "maybe not." What's to prevent an app like Authenticator from uploading its cryptographic seeds to Google's servers? I was wondering why a company would invest resources into creating an app like Authenticator, which seems to have no obvious path toward monetization. But if the company who writes Authenticator can also spy on its users, then that might be the answer.
- xyzzy123 12y ago
  It's not hard to decompile and verify Authenticator if you really need to. IMHO the real problem is the actual OS :/

balladeer 12y ago

It's the user's choice, like in my case this number is ZERO.

smackfu 12y ago

Facebook has been playing this game for a while. They've also had Facebook Camera since mid-2012. It was clearly meant as a drop-in replacement for the iOS camera app, that just made it easier to upload your photos to Facebook.

baby 12y ago

What about the oculus icon.