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> I Give her my old iPhone 7 and use FaceTime now, with auto answer setting turned on in the accessibility.

I didn't know this feature existed. Quite thoughtful!

unfortunately Apple seems to be the only consumer brand on earth which actually gives a crap about real disabled folks using their devices and making their lives better because of it

I am heavily critical of Apple for a number of different reasons, and if they weren't so heavy handed with their control then there would be third party options out there. But utlimately I very much agree and I think Apple deserves praise for that. I wish more companies would invest in it (although to some extent I concede that it is a luxury that deep-pocket companies can afford that smaller companies can't).

I don't like Apple and have never owned any of their devices, but if I ever went blind or developed parkinsons or simply got quite old I would drop any other brand and go full in with them.

It's astonishing how they keep adding extremely useful things update over update buried in the accessibility settings. I guess they know they have a stronghold when it comes to serving disabled people so they do their best to keep that market sector extremely happy.

In general, the things that Apple does differently really do add up. That $3 Trillion isn't an accident.

I keep an old iPhone around for if I misplace mine. Turn it on, log in, everything is just there - no ads, no update loops, nada. Works perfectly. My Androids have NEVER done that.

Have you seen the Xbox Adaptive Controller?

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adap...

Yep, Apple's accessibility stuff are awesome. I use another old iPhone the same way as a pet cam, but for some reason that one is not very reliable and doesn't always connect but that particular iPhone always had issues.

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