I've never made a secret of my loathing of all things Apple. But being a good father, I've never tried to force my views on my children. Despite my recommending otherwise, both of them like and use iPhones and iPads for most of their mobile activities.
We went to Hershey Park this week. My son's iPhone fell out of his pocket while on one of the more extreme roller coasters. Fortunately, he had an iCloud account set up. I figure we can use the "find my iPhone" feature to figure out exactly where it is. When calling the phone, it rang, so we knew it was still working.
I bring up the iPhone web site on my Android tablet using the Chrome browser and get a message that Apple does not support the Chrome Browser for this feature. I need to try the latest version of MS Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox. Ok, I also have Firefox installed and try that. It still says not supported. So I make sure Firefox is upgraded to the latest version. After a short upgrade, still nothing, same message. Apparently, Apple will not allow any browser running on Android to use the "find my iPhone" feature.
Since we did not have another Apple device or Windows device in the park with us we were unable to find the device. By the time we got back to the hotel that evening, the battery in the phone had died (because iPhone battery life sucks and you cannot buy better long life batteries for the phone) and we could not get a location at all.
By contrast, the "find my Android" feature works just fine on any competing device. Apple has once again screwed customers that dare to use any products outside of the Apple ecosystem.
I will encourage my son to replace his lost phone with an Android, but doubt he will listen. For me though, it just adds another line in the already extremely long list of reasons why I will never use Apple products.
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