"Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows" added to the document "53 iOS & iPhone Features Which [many] Android Users Wish they Had & 216 Android & Android Phone Features Which [many] iOS Users Wish they Had"

I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows." as 216a on
page 106 of the document.

The webcams on some laptops are not very good quality, though higher-end
Windows laptops have improved greatly in that regard, see “Best laptops
with 1080p webcams in 2023” at
<https://www.xda-developers.com/best-laptops-1080p-webcam/>.

Fortunately, you can use an Android device, with a high-quality camera,
as a WebCam, via USB, on Linux and Windows machines. You install the app
DroidCam - Webcam for PC
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dev47apps.droidcam>
on your Android device then install the Linux or Windows client from
Dev47Apps <https://www.dev47apps.com/>. There are also wireless options,
via Wi-Fi, but these increase latency and should be avoided. While you
can use an iPhone as a webcam, with a Mac, you can’t use it with a Linux
or Windows computer, and most iPhone users don’t use a Mac.

As cool as this feature may be, it's unwieldy and clunky to use a phone
as a webcam. If you're doing a lot of Zoom or Teams meetings then
splurge for a high quality webcam like the Anker PowerConf C300
<https://us.ankerwork.com/products/a3361>. Also, when you're using your
phone as a webcam you don't have it available for other uses. When
you're on a Zoom or Teams meeting you're likely to want to at least be
seeing your notifications, if not responding to them.

If you have a Macbook, which historically have had poorer quality
built-in webcams than high-end Windows laptops, you can use an iPhone
camera as a webcam, but again, it’s better to buy a high-end USB webcam. ✓"

The Google Docs document: "53 iOS & iPhone Features Which [many] Android
Users Wish they Had & 216 Android & Android Phone Features Which [many]
iOS Users Wish they Had" is available at
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JznrWfGJDA8CYVfjSnPTwfVy8-gAC0kPyaApuJTcUNE/>

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nospam

2023-03-17 17:49:56 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

Post by sms
Fortunately, you can use an Android device, with a high-quality camera,
as a WebCam, via USB, on Linux and Windows machines. You install the app

extra work.

Post by sms
As cool as this feature may be, it's unwieldy and clunky to use a phone
as a webcam.

rubbish. it's *very* easy to use, no additional apps, no setup required.

soyon

2023-03-17 18:33:33 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

But you can never point to anything that is actually wrong.
Because you didn't even look at the document. You never have.
You are using automatic replies saying everything is always wrong.

nospam

2023-03-17 18:49:06 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

But you can never point to anything that is actually wrong.

i did, in this and numerous other threads.

Post by soyon
Because you didn't even look at the document.

he posted the excerpt and i commented on specific parts.

Jolly Roger

2023-03-17 21:21:49 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

you didn't even look at the document

Fuck off with your lame document of lies.

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soyon

2023-03-18 01:08:34 UTC

Post by soyon
you didn't even look at the document

Fuck off with your lame document of lies.

How can you say the whole document is a lie when you haven't looked at it?

Jolly Roger

2023-03-18 06:19:48 UTC

Post by soyon
you didn't even look at the document

Fuck off with your lame document of lies.

How can you say the whole document is a lie when you haven't looked at it?

Easy: I consider the source, who constantly spreads disinformation and
lies here, has been proven wrong multiple times, and ignores all
corrections. The document is a lame troll tactic, and nothing more.

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sms

2023-03-18 20:45:11 UTC

Post by soyon
you didn't even look at the document

Fuck off with your lame document of lies.

How can you say the whole document is a lie when you haven't looked at it?

LOL, our favorite trolls read it intently, trying to fine errors. They
haven't succeeded yet.

nospam

2023-03-18 20:58:41 UTC

Post by sms
LOL, our favorite trolls read it intently, trying to fine errors. They
haven't succeeded yet.

oh yes they have, and the correct word is 'find'.

Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 01:34:49 UTC

Post by sms

Post by soyon
you didn't even look at the document

Fuck off with your lame document of lies.

How can you say the whole document is a lie when you haven't looked at it?

LOL, our favorite trolls read it intently, trying to fine errors. They
haven't succeeded yet.

Plenty of people you call trolls (simply because they DO find errors)
have found them and talked about them right here in the Apple
newsgroups, and you consistently ignore every single one of them.

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Joerg Lorenz

2023-03-18 07:27:55 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

But you can never point to anything that is actually wrong.
Because you didn't even look at the document. You never have.
You are using automatic replies saying everything is always wrong.

Our friend sms in the looney-bin is always wrong. He lacks any
credibility because he practically always claims nonsense.

His document is of absolutely no interest to anybody thinking about the
choice for the next smartphone.

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sms

2023-03-18 19:19:03 UTC

Post by sms
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

But you can never point to anything that is actually wrong.

That's because I'm very careful to always use cites and references. I do
that just to be pro-active so our favorite trolls can't claim that
anything is wrong.

In a few cases, one platform or the other had added a feature that
negates an item in the list and it may take a while before I update the
document to correct it.

nospam

2023-03-18 19:54:11 UTC

Post by sms
That's because I'm very careful to always use cites and references. I do
that just to be pro-active so our favorite trolls can't claim that
anything is wrong.

your cites and references are highly cherry-picked, such as citing a
fingerprint manufacturer to claim that fingerprint sensors are good, or
they're outdated and no longer relevant, or they're simply wrong.

refuting them is trivial.

Post by sms
In a few cases, one platform or the other had added a feature that
negates an item in the list and it may take a while before I update the
document to correct it.

much more than 'a few cases'. nearly everything in that 'document' is
in need of corrections, particularly with ios, where so much of it is
wrong that it cannot be attributed to a simple mistake or 'not enough
time' to update. it's deliberate disinformation intended to mislead.

Hank Rogers

2023-03-19 01:49:03 UTC

Post by sms
That's because I'm very careful to always use cites and references. I do
that just to be pro-active so our favorite trolls can't claim that
anything is wrong.

Post by sms
In a few cases, one platform or the other had added a feature that
negates an item in the list and it may take a while before I update the
document to correct it.

Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 02:31:47 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in the
dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the ridicule he
gets about that is well-deserved. : D

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nospam

2023-03-19 02:52:01 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in the
dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the ridicule he
gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

Nic

2023-03-19 04:42:31 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in the
dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the ridicule he
gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

Who wants faceid or airtags when what they really need is a YELLOW iPhone!

Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 06:00:01 UTC

Post by Nic

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in
the dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the
ridicule he gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

Who wants faceid or airtags when what they really need is a YELLOW iPhone!

How are you not embarrassed by the utter childish stupidity of that lame
troll? It's as if you have no self awareness at all... : D

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Alan Browne

2023-03-19 13:22:57 UTC

Post by Nic

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in
the dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the
ridicule he gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

Who wants faceid or airtags when what they really need is a YELLOW iPhone!

How are you not embarrassed by the utter childish stupidity of that lame
troll? It's as if you have no self awareness at all... : D

I think he was being sarcastic over troll yellow obsessions...

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Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 05:59:06 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in
the dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the
ridicule he gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

The really funny part of that one was the OP coming back a week or so
later reporting that it in fact worked very well. : )

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Alan Browne

2023-03-19 13:20:29 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
Can't believe you forgot to whine about face ID.

You mean when sms hilariously claimed Face ID doesn't work well in the
dark? LOL!!! Classic sms bullshit disinformation! All the ridicule he
gets about that is well-deserved. : D

another good one is an airtag in a truck.

No fair! The guy didn't use a Faraday cage moving van!

Hank Rogers

2023-03-19 01:47:33 UTC

Post by sms

I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

But you can never point to anything that is actually wrong.

That's because I'm very careful to always use cites and references.
I do that just to be pro-active so our favorite trolls can't claim
that anything is wrong.
In a few cases, one platform or the other had added a feature that
negates an item in the list and it may take a while before I update
the document to correct it.

You're doing fine man. Ole nospam has a 24 hour hard-on for you.

Tim+

2023-03-19 05:56:17 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
You're doing fine man. Ole nospam has a 24 hour hard-on for you.

My wife has an iPhone which "just works" & I have a Pixel 6 which doesn't.
Where is nospam's document that shows his true comparison of platforms?

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Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 06:01:09 UTC

Post by Hank Rogers
You're doing fine man. Ole nospam has a 24 hour hard-on for you.

My wife has an iPhone which "just works" & I have a Pixel 6 which
doesn't. Where is nospam's document that shows his true comparison of
platforms?

Unlike sms, the rest of the adults here aren't in the business of
writing long documents full of disinformation for the purposes of
childish trolling.

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Tim+

2023-03-19 06:20:58 UTC

Post by Tim+
My wife has an iPhone which "just works" & I have a Pixel 6 which
doesn't. Where is nospam's document that shows his true comparison of
platforms?

Unlike sms, the rest of the adults here aren't in the business of
writing long documents full of disinformation for the purposes of
childish trolling.

Well, that may be true but for nospam to say it's all wrong without writing
his own document to show the true comparison, doesn't help me at all.

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Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 17:26:43 UTC

Post by Tim+
My wife has an iPhone which "just works" & I have a Pixel 6 which
doesn't. Where is nospam's document that shows his true comparison
of platforms?

Unlike sms, the rest of the adults here aren't in the business of
writing long documents full of disinformation for the purposes of
childish trolling.

Well, that may be true but for nospam to say it's all wrong without
writing his own document to show the true comparison, doesn't help me
at all.

I'd argue that if you lack the critical thinking facilities to do the
minimal amount of research to see that the document is filled with
inaccuracies and disinformation, no document would be able to help you
since you won't know whether _anything_ you read is accurate.

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Tim+

2023-03-19 17:37:07 UTC

Post by Jolly Roger
I'd argue that if you lack the critical thinking facilities to do the
minimal amount of research to see that the document is filled with
inaccuracies and disinformation, no document would be able to help you
since you won't know whether _anything_ you read is accurate.

For nospam to say everything is always all wrong isn't helpful to anyone.

If nospam wanted to be helpful he would not say everything is wrong
(because that's not correct - some things in that document are right).

If nospam wanted to be helpful, he would write his own document of what's
right and then we could use nospam's document & forget the other document.

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Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 20:07:00 UTC

Post by Jolly Roger
I'd argue that if you lack the critical thinking facilities to do the
minimal amount of research to see that the document is filled with
inaccuracies and disinformation, no document would be able to help
you since you won't know whether _anything_ you read is accurate.

For nospam to say everything is always all wrong

Not what happened here. It's as if you think we can't easily see what he
actually said or something. I suppose this is an indication of how bad
your critical thinking facilities are, since you completely
misunderstood and misrepresented what was actually said. Or maybe you
just don't care because you are dedicated to lying either way. : )

Anyway, as anyone with a functioning brain can see, here's what nospam
actually said (which definitely isn't that "everything is always all

Post by Jolly Roger
I added "Use Android Phone as a Webcam in Linux or Windows."

and got quite a bit wrong.

And you haven't addressed what I said above about your clear inability
to discern factual information from disinformation, either. Not that I'm
surprised by that.

I see no reason to respond to the rest of your weak posts. You're
clearly outwitted by your own stupidity, and have nothing substantive to
offer to this discussion. Good luck on improving your woefully abysmal
cognition and critical thinking facilities.

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sms

2023-03-19 21:54:40 UTC

Post by Tim+
My wife has an iPhone which "just works" & I have a Pixel 6 which
doesn't. Where is nospam's document that shows his true comparison of
platforms?

Unlike sms, the rest of the adults here aren't in the business of
writing long documents full of disinformation for the purposes of
childish trolling.

Well, that may be true but for nospam to say it's all wrong without writing
his own document to show the true comparison, doesn't help me at all.

LOL, Jolly Roger and nospam are the most prolific trolls in these
groups. They've never been able to point out any errors in the document
I prepared.

nospam

2023-03-19 22:38:38 UTC

Post by sms
LOL, Jolly Roger and nospam are the most prolific trolls in these
groups. They've never been able to point out any errors in the document
I prepared.

yes they have, as have numerous other people.

claiming that your 'document' is perfect is quite the stretch.

as for prolific trolls, that title goes to you and 'arlen'.

Jolly Roger

2023-03-19 22:51:48 UTC

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