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I really like Apple's direction on privacy so far, and I think they've taken privacy as a feature further than any other company. The weighing of leverage is m

I really like Apple's direction on privacy so far, and I think they've taken privacy as a feature further than any other company. The weighing of leverage is more or less how the market has and still works to this day. Thus if you send me or my family out there to negotiate with Popeye's (which really wants you to create an account), or Walmart, Facebook [1], or even a small company making todo apps, I will simply not win, and neither will my family members. I love that cross-app tracking is now opt-in, because that's not something I'd ever imagine negotiating with any company, ever. I love the fact that all subscription-based services purchased through the iOS platform can be managed in a centralized place. I love that companies that provide services on iOS must provide a way to register with Apple's anonymous account service. I love that companies seeking payment on the iOS platform must support Apple Pay, which protects my payment information. Without Apple I'm not sure how you'd ever negotiate these things to happen. [1]: https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/30/facebook-research/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/30/facebook-research/

smaccona 5y ago
Disclosure: I own and use Apple hardware both for personal and business use. I am less than perfectly happy with both their mobile and general computing platforms (especially the latter, macOS, which crashes with alarming irregularity for me). The parent comment raises a point which I frequently see in HN threads: Apple, despite deficiencies, solves concrete privacy problems for regular, non-tech users, often in ways the users haven’t thought of ahead of time. I often see comments such as these upvoted; yet they have no responses, neither in the form of rebuttals nor supporting confirmations. What gives here? Is there some silent majority which prefers not to weigh in on these matters, or is this merely observation bias oh my part? Edit: syntax
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smaccona 5y ago

Disclosure: I own and use Apple hardware both for personal and business use. I am less than perfectly happy with both their mobile and general computing platforms (especially the latter, macOS, which crashes with alarming irregularity for me). The parent comment raises a point which I frequently see in HN threads: Apple, despite deficiencies, solves concrete privacy problems for regular, non-tech users, often in ways the users haven’t thought of ahead of time. I often see comments such as these upvoted; yet they have no responses, neither in the form of rebuttals nor supporting confirmations. What gives here? Is there some silent majority which prefers not to weigh in on these matters, or is this merely observation bias oh my part? Edit: syntax

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