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Apple's #1 principle is to make the best product in the market. That's what they've done: the alternatives to iPhones in China are much worse in terms of privac
by millstone 8y ago
Apple's #1 principle is to make the best product in the market. That's what they've done: the alternatives to iPhones in China are much worse in terms of privacy. Apple would not be helping anyone by going to the mat on this.
- notyourday 8y agoYou should try to substitute Apple for IBM, iPhones for tabulation machines and China for Nazi Germany. It would be a fine mental exercise just to see not how far Apple fans would be willing to go to justify Apple's behavior but to see what kind of mental gymnastics they would be willing to do just to avoid saying "Apple will sell its users if it means keeping/gaining the market"
- millstone 8y agoWhat a bunch of crap. When I visited China, my iPhone was the thing that worked. I was able to use e.g. Apple Maps, iMessage without having to install spyware like WeChat. If I were Chinese, I would get an iPhone and disable iCloud Backup. Yes it sucks that I'd have to do that, but it's way better than having spyware built into the firmware like domestic OEMs do (Huawei, etc.). It's good for privacy that Apple remains an option in China.