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It doesn't matter. Your personal actions have essentially zero impact on Apple or any other large tech company. This isn't to discourage you from picking the de
by jstx1 5y ago
It doesn't matter. Your personal actions have essentially zero impact on Apple or any other large tech company. This isn't to discourage you from picking the devices and software that align with your values - do that as you please. Just don't think that you're making an actual impact on the rest of the world because you really aren't.
- sdevonoes 5y agoWhile you are right, I wonder if there would any impact if all the HN users would do what OP did.
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- stephenr 5y agoWell I’m pretty sure at least a decent number of HN users are intelligent enough to understand the difference between a piece of software that compares image hashes to detect potential child abuse material before, and malware. If OP didn’t agree to the principal of his images being compared against a set of hashes he could literally just turn off iCloud photos, and the comparisons will not be done. On right I forgot it’s the internet so everything has to become a controversy and there must be revenge.
- brokenmachine 5y ago>If OP didn’t agree to the principal of his images being compared against a set of hashes he could literally just turn off iCloud photos, and the comparisons will not be done. Woosh. You've totally missed the point.
- kleer001 5y ago> if Yea, that's not how people work Ever try to rally a disparate group of people across the world where the only thing they have in common is participation in a text based forum? Might as well try to wrangle every species of cat at the same time.