Their software is getting less stable with each release, while the amount of crammed in features is going up.

I agree that you may be having this personal experience. On the other hand, I am not and have been using iOS for many years. The difference could be that I intentionally stay very informed about iOS.

I, personally, will not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

However, if you believe that you will have better experiences using Android, then please make the switch.

Back in 2007 (After many years of making a career out of using Microsoft/Windows products) I started using Linux and MacOS/iOS exclusively and have never looked back.

I have very little experience and/or knowledge of Android. So, I can’t comment on that.

Would you, please, explain why you are considering switching from iOS to Android?

I hope most people here realize that most of our societal problems are a direct result of oligarchs. The 1% that rule over everyone else with their unimaginable wealth.

They are very happy keeping the other 99% fighting amongst themselves while they extract even more wealth.

The fight for American democracy is a fight against oligarchs.

And I’m sure some of us could make the case on a global level as well.

There is Loops and Skylight.

I used to love that software!

Good.

The general public truly are lazy consumer idiots, aren’t they?

Yes, of course they are!

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I agree. I grew up using hard copy encyclopedias at libraries. It is incredible now to have all of this at our fingertips at home.

Can you give an example of an article with an error that you tried to correct?

This was 6 years ago so I cannot recall precisely which pages. However, I just skimmed over about 15 pages that I thought would be riddled with errors. To my surprise, I only found one instance where there was a ‘citation needed’ mark and could find no major errors…maybe a few little splitting hairs examples but nothing serious.

So, it appears that improvements have been made over the past 6 years. On the other hand, I only looked over roughly 15 pages.

Probably the same caution would be true for any encyclopedia. Namely, these can be pretty good starting points but not for serious scholarly research.

My self and others in this field tried for about 6 months to no avail. We gave up…they didn’t want to hear it.

I have studied academic biblical scholarship for over 30 years. All of Wikipedia’s biblical pages are riddled with errors. IMO, Wikipedia is a decent starting point but that would be it.

I’m proud to be his brother, yes.

So your brother will be personally funding beehaw beginning next year, right?

LOL…But seriously, if I asked him, then he would gladly make a donation. This gig happened to a relatively good person. He is a generous, kind and loving person.

Story time!

My brother worked, as a salesperson, for one of the largest textile companies in the world for 13 years. And he did it all from home (i.e. telecommuting). Rarely ever saw or spoke to his “boss”…very close to being self-employed.

Then another textile company (very large competitor) offered him a similar position…similar in every way except for pay.

First year guaranteed $250,000 (he is almost one third through)

Second year guaranteed $500,000.

Third year guaranteed $1,500,000.

Neither him nor his boss knows what will happen after that…they’ve kept it open.

Hang in there. This is only temporary and you will get through this. You are not alone.

…no mention of iOS 26’s new call screening feature - which asks unknown callers for their name and purpose of the call and displays this on the screen before your phone starts to ring.

Nice! Thanks for pointing this out!