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Google could’ve announced the same solution for Google Photos as a 3rd party app. I don’t understand what privileged position Apple as OS maker has used to buil
by shuckles 5y ago
Google could’ve announced the same solution for Google Photos as a 3rd party app. I don’t understand what privileged position Apple as OS maker has used to build this solution. It’s a feature of their Photos application when used with their cloud photo service.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoTo be installed by default and not removable on one of the most used devices in the world.
- shuckles 5y agoIt’s a pretty weak argument to say that a clearly communicated change in behavior of a single application compromises trust in the entire operating system. You’d basically need to argue that Apple should not be allowed to install any default applications or services. The Photos application can’t be removed, but this behavior can be turned off.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoIt does because they control the entire os, ecosystem, now and in the future, and have demonstrated with PRISM and this they don't play for our team.
- vb6sp6 5y ago> they don't play for our team I'm no apple apologist but apple must follow the laws of the countries they operate in. They can't advocate for us because we are not the ones setting the rules.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoSure. If the law tell them to locate all gays so that they can be jailed in the emirates, would you agree with that ? I could do worse, but Godwin called.
- vb6sp6 5y agoOf course not. I even said "i am not an apple apologist" so these lame "gotcha" questions are kinda silly
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoThe lame gotcha question is to underline than for many, the immorality of the choice they make override the legality of it. But the previous comment was more fun.
- vb6sp6 5y agoI think the bar is a little higher here on HN. save it for facebook
- amznthrwaway 5y agoHN is a site where “slippery slope”, which is actually a logical fallacy, is instead used as an argument against anything that HN users don’t like. It’s nonsensical to treat this site as anything other than a complete trash fire, meant to get engagement from a very specific audience.
- threeseed 5y agoYou can remove the Photos app and disable iCloud Photos. At no point are you forced to use either.
- exhilaration 5y agoAre you suggesting that people who want to opt out of this should stop taking photos on their iPhones?
- simondotau 5y agoThe way to opt out of CSAM scanning on an iPhone is identical to opting out of it on Android: disable the platform's cloud service to synchronise your photo galleries.
- threeseed 5y agoYou can take photos on your phone without using the Photos app. You can use Photos without using iCloud.
- simondotau 5y agoAnd you can use iCloud without using iCloud Photo Library.
- danudey 5y agoIt's more accurate to think of it as a feature of the iCloud Photos client software (which is built into the OS). If you don't use iCloud Photos, you don't use the client software, so nothing changes.