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The ip-adress is the mother of tracking. So it is important to know who gets it regularly, steadily .... etc.
Canonical has stopped working on Ubuntu Touch, but it is still being developed by UBPorts - should it be re-added? Mercury1964 ( talk) 02:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Anyone thought about adding plasma mobile to the os list - https://plasma-mobile.org
Maybe there should be a comparison template for things like:
I'm in the process of switching rows with columns and making the tables sortable. I'm not aware of an easy way to do it so I'll be doing it a table at a time Chris Ssk talk 16:29, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Firefox OS has been discontinued for a long time. I will remove it unless someone disagrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.149.106 ( talk) 18:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Amazon Fire should get its own entries. It does not feature native access to Google services, only to Amazon services, as exposed in selling advertisement. The whole column of data for Android should be duplicated with precisions for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet and its variants. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.56.204 ( talk) 15:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. The market shares in reference 1 do not match those in the article. Also 86.1+13.7+0.3 >100.
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Isn‘t there a cursor on iOS? I mean, when you 3D Touch on the keyboard, you can move to whichever character you want.-- 2A02:810C:CBC0:457C:402D:3B31:7798:343B ( talk) 20:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
This article would need to be updated as HEVC is supported by iOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.80.43.212 ( talk) 17:53, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Is there a reason why the DRM column is 'DRM-free' as opposed to 'DRM-supported', or 'DRM playback enabled'. Is there subsequently a reason for 'red' to indicate 'no' and 'green' to represent 'yes'?
While, for instance, Richard Stallman might oppose DRM for personal political world views about how the world should work, that is not a neutral position. An opposite view might, in theory, be that non-DRM devices lack playback capabilities that DRM devices are capable of. What I'm getting at is that it seems to convey the idea that DRM is 'bad', and while that may well be the case, it does not seem to have a place in a repository of neutral and unbiased information. The objective fact should, in my view, be whether DRM is supported, not whether the device is 'free' of DRM. But I would not support flipping the colours for it would convey the opposite message. This could be best avoided by removing the colour coding all together, and avoiding implications about the 'correctness' of DRM, a hotly contested topic in modern technological discourse. 124.148.241.144 ( talk) 13:49, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
It has had a higher market share than windows and possibly some of the others for over a year - yet it is missing from the tables, though it is listed underneath. It is still supported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.249.7.24 ( talk) 07:22, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
Does "Yes" mean that the device can update wirelessly? That it forces updates over the wireless network, and the user cannot refuse them (probably not a "Yes" for Ubuntu Touch, then)? The row is confusing and the link does not help. Using the term " Wireless system updates" for permanent manufacturer control over the device seems like marketing obfuscation. Can we have a clearer row title, please? HLHJ ( talk) 22:18, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
As they are not supported anymore there is no way to know if features are supported. I will remove them unless anyone disagrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.48.185.54 ( talk) 10:25, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
Proposal in edit. Current version datas in such different OS's are not relevant in this comparison, so pushing them a little down. Brainfrogk4mon ( talk) 16:39, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Why both proprietary and GPL have the same purple background? Brainfrogk4mon ( talk) 10:25, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Mainly the GPL? So it's not totally open source? Is some part of the code having restrictions on use or re-use but still open?
-- 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:246E:A349:D2DC:1B19 ( talk) 18:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Mainly the GPL? So it's not totally open source? Is some part of the code having restrictions on use or re-use but still open?
-- 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:246E:A349:D2DC:1B19 ( talk) 18:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
"Guided Access" is a registered trademark in the US. Should rename the feature generically, or delete the row. 194.28.172.81 ( talk) 06:14, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Many Android devices, for example, come with Google Lens enabled in their stock camera app. If that ergo means that Google Lens is a feature of Android, Android can then be considered to have the "Optical character recognition input method" feature in the
language and input section, near the bottom of the table. If not, does the feature need to be in built into the stock OS (in this case, stock Android)?
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Should it be added to the list? It can be paired with Plasma Mobile and GNOME mobile. Ned Retherbrick ( talk) 23:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
It is an interface rather than a base. Ned Retherbrick ( talk) 23:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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The ip-adress is the mother of tracking. So it is important to know who gets it regularly, steadily .... etc.
Canonical has stopped working on Ubuntu Touch, but it is still being developed by UBPorts - should it be re-added? Mercury1964 ( talk) 02:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Anyone thought about adding plasma mobile to the os list - https://plasma-mobile.org
Maybe there should be a comparison template for things like:
I'm in the process of switching rows with columns and making the tables sortable. I'm not aware of an easy way to do it so I'll be doing it a table at a time Chris Ssk talk 16:29, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Firefox OS has been discontinued for a long time. I will remove it unless someone disagrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.149.106 ( talk) 18:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Amazon Fire should get its own entries. It does not feature native access to Google services, only to Amazon services, as exposed in selling advertisement. The whole column of data for Android should be duplicated with precisions for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet and its variants. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.56.204 ( talk) 15:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. The market shares in reference 1 do not match those in the article. Also 86.1+13.7+0.3 >100.
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Isn‘t there a cursor on iOS? I mean, when you 3D Touch on the keyboard, you can move to whichever character you want.-- 2A02:810C:CBC0:457C:402D:3B31:7798:343B ( talk) 20:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
This article would need to be updated as HEVC is supported by iOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.80.43.212 ( talk) 17:53, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Is there a reason why the DRM column is 'DRM-free' as opposed to 'DRM-supported', or 'DRM playback enabled'. Is there subsequently a reason for 'red' to indicate 'no' and 'green' to represent 'yes'?
While, for instance, Richard Stallman might oppose DRM for personal political world views about how the world should work, that is not a neutral position. An opposite view might, in theory, be that non-DRM devices lack playback capabilities that DRM devices are capable of. What I'm getting at is that it seems to convey the idea that DRM is 'bad', and while that may well be the case, it does not seem to have a place in a repository of neutral and unbiased information. The objective fact should, in my view, be whether DRM is supported, not whether the device is 'free' of DRM. But I would not support flipping the colours for it would convey the opposite message. This could be best avoided by removing the colour coding all together, and avoiding implications about the 'correctness' of DRM, a hotly contested topic in modern technological discourse. 124.148.241.144 ( talk) 13:49, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
It has had a higher market share than windows and possibly some of the others for over a year - yet it is missing from the tables, though it is listed underneath. It is still supported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.249.7.24 ( talk) 07:22, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
Does "Yes" mean that the device can update wirelessly? That it forces updates over the wireless network, and the user cannot refuse them (probably not a "Yes" for Ubuntu Touch, then)? The row is confusing and the link does not help. Using the term " Wireless system updates" for permanent manufacturer control over the device seems like marketing obfuscation. Can we have a clearer row title, please? HLHJ ( talk) 22:18, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
As they are not supported anymore there is no way to know if features are supported. I will remove them unless anyone disagrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.48.185.54 ( talk) 10:25, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
Proposal in edit. Current version datas in such different OS's are not relevant in this comparison, so pushing them a little down. Brainfrogk4mon ( talk) 16:39, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Why both proprietary and GPL have the same purple background? Brainfrogk4mon ( talk) 10:25, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Mainly the GPL? So it's not totally open source? Is some part of the code having restrictions on use or re-use but still open?
-- 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:246E:A349:D2DC:1B19 ( talk) 18:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Mainly the GPL? So it's not totally open source? Is some part of the code having restrictions on use or re-use but still open?
-- 2A01:E34:EC12:36C0:246E:A349:D2DC:1B19 ( talk) 18:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
"Guided Access" is a registered trademark in the US. Should rename the feature generically, or delete the row. 194.28.172.81 ( talk) 06:14, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Many Android devices, for example, come with Google Lens enabled in their stock camera app. If that ergo means that Google Lens is a feature of Android, Android can then be considered to have the "Optical character recognition input method" feature in the
language and input section, near the bottom of the table. If not, does the feature need to be in built into the stock OS (in this case, stock Android)?
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@ 1.47.129.212 ( talk) 23:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Should it be added to the list? It can be paired with Plasma Mobile and GNOME mobile. Ned Retherbrick ( talk) 23:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
It is an interface rather than a base. Ned Retherbrick ( talk) 23:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)