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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by briandear on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:43AM (#15415061)
This is just totally false. Airplane mode is still airplane mode and turns everything off.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by josteink on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:51AM (#15415093)
My point is that on wifi-only devices, people have been conditioned into believing that turning wifi off effectively is the same as flight mode.

Now it no longer is. Why did Apple have to cause this needless confusion?

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