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I am heavily on Apple’s side on this. People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers. (I have two Linux laptops for out-of-the-g

I am heavily on Apple’s side on this. People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers. (I have two Linux laptops for out-of-the-garden use). Apple does deserve a little criticism for the App Store, but their softening fees for most developers helps. Compared to Facebook (a blight on civilization, IMHO) Apple is couth indeed.

objc 6y ago
If you want saftey and privacy, don't use Facebook in any form. The App Store does not protect you, the operating system does.
- mark_l_watson 6y ago
  I don’t use Facebook anymore, except that I use it to enjoy my Oculus Quest. I am not ready to have a “burning my Quest” experience, as satisfying as that might feel.
jjcon 6y ago
> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers. I’m not sure that Apple persevering privacy also requires them to also break antitrust laws.
heavyset_go 6y ago
> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers Yet iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits because iOS exploits are so plentiful[1][2] in comparison. There's no reason you'd have to use anything but Apple's App Store if Apple's monopoly on mobile app distribution was broken. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/14/zerodium_ios_flaws/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/14/zerodium_ios_flaws/ [2] http://zerodium.com/program.html http://zerodium.com/program.html
- _kbh_ 6y ago
  There plentiful because some many people where looking at them, because they where so expensive in the past IMO. There are other advantages as well, less device fragmentation makes it a lot easier to sell exploits that work on all phones. I would not be surprised if over all android phones where less secure. One of the reasons being the device fragmentation. Apple has also recently taken decent strides to make one of the main 0 click vectors (Messages) harder to exploit with iOS 14.
walkedaway 6y ago
> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers I agreed with that and have been an Apple fan for ages, until Apple banned Parler and not Twitter. Now I'm a little jaded on their privacy brand.

objc 6y ago

If you want saftey and privacy, don't use Facebook in any form. The App Store does not protect you, the operating system does.

mark_l_watson 6y ago
I don’t use Facebook anymore, except that I use it to enjoy my Oculus Quest. I am not ready to have a “burning my Quest” experience, as satisfying as that might feel.

jjcon 6y ago

> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers. I’m not sure that Apple persevering privacy also requires them to also break antitrust laws.

heavyset_go 6y ago

> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers Yet iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits because iOS exploits are so plentiful[1][2] in comparison. There's no reason you'd have to use anything but Apple's App Store if Apple's monopoly on mobile app distribution was broken. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/14/zerodium_ios_flaws/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/14/zerodium_ios_flaws/ [2] http://zerodium.com/program.html http://zerodium.com/program.html

_kbh_ 6y ago
There plentiful because some many people where looking at them, because they where so expensive in the past IMO. There are other advantages as well, less device fragmentation makes it a lot easier to sell exploits that work on all phones. I would not be surprised if over all android phones where less secure. One of the reasons being the device fragmentation. Apple has also recently taken decent strides to make one of the main 0 click vectors (Messages) harder to exploit with iOS 14.

walkedaway 6y ago

> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers I agreed with that and have been an Apple fan for ages, until Apple banned Parler and not Twitter. Now I'm a little jaded on their privacy brand.