[LINK] What your choice of smartphone says about you

[Ivan Trundle]

> On 10 Jan 2017, at 10:43 am, David <dlochrin at key.net.au> wrote:
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> Apple have a piece about this on their website at https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204221 and it's quite recent (December 2016).  Apparently one can remove some built-in apps from the Home Screen but whether this means they're completely removed isn't clear; apparently they have to be restored from the App Store so maybe they are.
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> There's quite a long list of apps which can be deleted.
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> However there may be flow-on effects, for example:  "If you remove the Stocks or Weather app from your Home screen, stocks and weather won’t be available elsewhere.  For example, you won’t see stocks and weather information in Notification Center on your iPhone or as Complications or Glances on your Apple Watch."
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> How did Life become this complicated?

Hardly complicated - just Apple stating the obvious. Yes, they are completely removed (not just hidden), but they can always be restored, as any app can be that has previously been installed or purchased.

All it demonstrates is that functionality of a device is tied to the apps that can drive it - removing the Apple Weather app, as an example, demonstrates clearly that you won’t receive notifications of weather activity from the app because the app isn’t there to tell you anything. 

For most people, this isn’t a loss at all: it slims down the phone to something that they want.

If, later on, they decide to add in their own variation of a weather app, then if this app offers notifications, they will appear on the notifications screen. I use a bespoke Australian weather app because it’s a whole lot better, and notifications work just fine.