Last time I tried it? Like freeze and be unresponsive on my phone for seconds at a time slow. (My phone doesn’t lock up though, I can still go to the home screen, swipe to see notifications so it’s not the phone locking up completely)

It’s a police battering ram.

Market size has also gone up. 30 years ago and selling a million copies is mind-blowing. Today it’s on the lower end of big game launch. Lower profit per unit, but many more units sold which really helps balance out the difference.

They have the app stores ban it from being downloaded if you are in the USA. This is already done, and app stores aren’t affected by on device VPNs, so it wouldn’t be that easy to get around.

For example, you can’t download this app since (I’m guessing) you live in the USA, similar enough. It’s geolocked. Same will happen with Tiktok.

Seems everyone jumped to conclusions about this article.

Yes, iPhones are blocked because they lack security. This is military, so they aren’t worried about basic malware. They are worried about government level security issues (Pegasus, etc…). And let’s be blunt, on this level, Apple keeps showing that they lack security in the real world situations. Yet the latest of a long list of iPhones being targeted and hacked.

Now, where people seem to be badly jumping to conclusions is that the article points out that “many” devices will be banned, so no, I doubt the latest Samsung Galaxy phone will be allowed. They are most likely going to require people use a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone. These are designed for military usage and prevent phones from being secretly turned on for recording private conversations by hacks like Pegasus. These phones have been around for a few years now, and have likely been thoroughly tested and approved now.

This isn’t some knee-jerk patriotic requirement, but a real understanding of what is and isn’t a secure device, combined with the fact that Korea has to deal with a more and more aggressive China. They need real security for real world military.

but also informal communications such as private phone calls (within military buildings).

They are worried about iOS being insecure as it’s been shown time and time again that iOS devices keep getting hacked and this kind of thing happens. Here is the latest issue with it from 12 days ago.

When dealing with the military, you need to make sure your devices are secure, not “well basic users most likely couldn’t break into it.”

Now, the title is terrible because it does point out later in the article that many devices will be banned, so it’s most likely not just iPhones, but also off the shelf Samsung phones as well. They will most likely want a secure smartphone like a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone, as those are secure and have military designs.

You mean the Samsung “Tactical Edition” smartphones?

They’ve been around for years. They were originally built for the Korean military. And it didn’t cost them an “astronomical” amount of money.

Restarting phone as well so the same thing

More likely close sources drivers.

You turn it off. It says so in the link.

User Controls: Android users always have full control over which of their devices participate in the Find My Device network and how those devices participate. Users can either stick with the default and contribute to aggregated location reporting, opt into contributing non-aggregated locations, or turn the network off altogether.

https://www.androidpure.com/how-to-install-elder-scrolls-morrowind-on-android/

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I think they biggest issue is that it’s hard to buy pre-installed. The moment you tell a basic user to have to go out of the way to use it, you’ve lost them.

Basic users want something to work now, not a huge step by step list being:

• buy this (computer )
• get extra objects (usb stick)
• Figure out which distro they want
• download that (distro)
• install X program to put disto onto usb
• fiddle with settings to boot off usb (maybe turn off trusted comput
• boot from usb
• click on try/install distro
• going thru the set up
• Agree you might want closed source drivers
• set up which keyboard layout you have
• Set your location for time zone
• Format/partition your HD
• Choose which default apps/install size you want
• Choose system device name (on top of user name and password) (Maybe other steps I’ve forgotten)

Basic users want to just:

• buy device
• turn on
• Use log in name and password of their Windows/Android/Apple account Done.