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Get an iPhone. Whatever else you may think of them, Apple is deliberately working to prevent this sort of crap from happening without your knowledge and consent
by danaris 5y ago
Get an iPhone. Whatever else you may think of them, Apple is deliberately working to prevent this sort of crap from happening without your knowledge and consent.
- nahkoots 5y agoThey've also taken a hardline stance against right to repair, which is a deal breaker for a lot of HN. Unfortunately, there aren't many modern options for people who care about both owning their devices and not being spied on by them.
- danaris 5y agoWhich is why I buy Apple: I may, on rare occasions, want the ability to mess with my device, but I always want privacy.
- jjtheblunt 5y ago> for a lot of HN I wonder what fraction
- laurent92 5y agoThe right to repair is also the right to steal, refurbish the stolen good and resell. Maybe that is how Apple squashed the theft market for Apple products, but no-one is afraid on the street anymore of holding their iPhone carelessly.
- GeekyBear 5y ago>They've also taken a hardline stance against right to repair By which you mean Google, Microsoft and Apple? >Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law https://wccftech.com/apple-google-microsoft-team-up-to-stop-right-to-repair-law/ https://wccftech.com/apple-google-microsoft-team-up-to-stop-...
- canadianfella 5y ago“They” isn’t a synonym for “they and only they”.
- myko 5y agoThe beacon technology that uses bluetooth when apps are off originated with Apple: https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/ https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/