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Apple would never do something like this. It's totally against their MO.
by irq 9y ago
Apple would never do something like this. It's totally against their MO.
- EliRivers 9y agoApple is made of people. People who change, people who come and go. Maybe Apple today wouldn't, but tomorrow Apple will be a different company.
- p49k 9y agoApple's OS design philosophy makes this extremely difficult, even if someone wanted to sneak it in. The OS notifies of such activity (mic active) on a system level, and the permission model requires explicit permission at time of first access attempt, even for most of Apple's own apps.
- swiley 9y agoHow could you know this though? There's no source code to audit or anything.
- had2makeanacct 9y agoYou're putting way too much trust on a company that constantly screws over it's customers to earn some more money by removing ports, putting functionality behind paywall (looking at you Safari extension costs), etc. They're better than Android phones in these matters but their financial position might change some day and they might do it.
- mlvljr 9y agoyou are a disgrace kidding
- nom 9y agoMy point is that they could if they wanted to. Granted, they don't need the money, but still... it's something you can easily hide and nobody would be able to tell without spending weeks looking at disassembly.
- voidz 9y agoOh, but they do need the money. The goal of the company is to maximize profit for the shareholders.
- macintux 9y agoThe "maximizing shareholder value" idea is a recent and inaccurate belief. https://www.fastcompany.com/1680174/maximize-shareholder-value-not-if-we-want-responsible-companies https://www.fastcompany.com/1680174/maximize-shareholder-val...
- dajohnson89 9y agoCorporations are beholden to their shareholders. This is an obvious and undisputed fact, rather than a belief. The article you linked questioned the legal and ethical justification for this fact, not its accuracy.
- macintux 9y agoI don't think the word "fact" means what you think it means.