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Every time I read something like this, I further justify my decision to buy into the Apple ecosystem. They may be proprietary, but they haven't done anything p
by EduardoBautista 9y ago
Every time I read something like this, I further justify my decision to buy into the Apple ecosystem. They may be proprietary, but they haven't done anything privacy-wise to upset me.
- jstanley 9y agoEvery time I read something like this, I further justify my decision not to buy into anybody's ecosystem! Free software and decentralisation is the answer.
- gregjw 9y agoCalm down, Stallman.
- AlexandrB 9y agoStallman is an optimist.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoRage up, Smith.
- EduardoBautista 9y agoIf you can give me a reasonable alternative for a smartphone that respects your privacy and doesn't make me live like I did a decade ago, I will switch.
- jstanley 9y agoI run CopperheadOS: https://copperhead.co/android/ https://copperhead.co/android/ It's Android, but without non-free software, and without any reporting to Google.
- the_common_man 9y agoI agree that decentralisation is the answer but that software does not need to be 'Free'. It's great if it is but there are hardly any companies that make purely 'Free' (as in freedom) products and make money.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoYet.
- ceejayoz 9y agoThat's a lazy dismissal. Apple has made specific steps to limit even their own access to the devices they sell - stuff like the Secure Enclave, end-to-end iMessage encryption, work on differential privacy, etc. Their business model also appears to function without selling user info just fine.
- CaptSpify 9y agothat you know of The problem I have with their closed off system is that you don't really know what's happening with your data.
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