Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 22:10:39 +0200 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 3QEm29j4keEuI2hjZPVMIwfXLl1JeogJL4XUMIQ1X87k7od1Zg Cancel-Lock: sha1:GafwiYsU8qzaGr7TOVaFRKojhF4= sha256:9cCqFaE4Aox/befeog4FYXKDJcZ2INLVGuSSlO54nws= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:142573 On 2024-07-08 21:55, Andrew wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote on Mon, 8 Jul 2024 12:42:05 +0200 : > >>> Let's take the simplest case, which is I have a drawer full of Android >>> tablets in front of me, where I can easily connect them to the Internet, >>> and with that I can do everything but make cellular phone calls, right? >> >> Thus you can not make messages. > > Yes, but my point was Android works well without creating a mothership > login/password - as long as the device has Wi-Fi Internet capabilities. And we are telling you "no". > > The point being that, unlike Apple devices which are designed as dumb > terminals that can't do what people love about them without creating a > login to mothership Internet servers, the Android device is designed such > that you never need to create an account on the device to motherships. > > Now, let's take the case of a tablet/phone with a SIM card, shall we. And you need to enter the pin code when the phone boots. That's a LOGIN. And you probably also need to login to Google (it is a google's app), but I am not going to test this. Enjoy. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.