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> I’d say Americans on the whole are actually pretty strongly averse to this, despite everything, and it seems like this was too creepy for mant people. You me
by Krasnol 5y ago
> I’d say Americans on the whole are actually pretty strongly averse to this, despite everything, and it seems like this was too creepy for mant people.
You mean that country which gives a damn about privacy altogether because all those fancy corps are giving them toys to play? You know, those companies which feed on the worlds populations data as a business model. The country which has a camera on their front door which films their neighbourhood 24/7? The country which has listening devices all over their homes in useless gadgets?
You have to be joking or that scale you impose here is useless.
This whole thing will go by fast and there won't be much damage on the sales side. Apple is the luxus brand. People don't buy it for privacy. Most of the customers won't probably even understand the problem here.
The only thing we might be rid of are those songs of glory in technical spheres.
- abecedarius 5y agoI bought my first iPhone this year, and privacy was the reason.
- Krasnol 5y agoCongratulations. How did that work out for you?
- abecedarius 5y agoCan't say I'm pleased right now. Apple can still change course.
- Bud 5y agoCould we not pretend, please, that the US is the only country with a lot of pervasive surveillance. Because that's clearly laughable.
- Krasnol 5y agoCould we not build straw man, please. I never did that. Americans were the topic here. See quote.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago> Apple is the luxus brand. People don't buy it for privacy. Privacy is the main selling point Apple is pushing in their current PR campaigns. They've been slowly building up a brand around privacy with new privacy features. They've just sunk that entire brand/campaign. Instead of "iPhone, the phone that keeps all your data private", it's "iPhone, the phone that looks through your pictures and actively rats you out to police to ruin your life".
- Krasnol 5y agoThe reason they pushed privacy was because of the media attention that Androids bad privacy got. Please don't tell me you believe privacy was at the usual consumers mind when they bought their devices...this is ridiculous or you don't meet many normal users. It's marketing. They'll something new. You can fit everything in front of a white background...
- mthoms 5y agoFrom https://www.sellcell.com/blog/apple-privacy-survey/ https://www.sellcell.com/blog/apple-privacy-survey/ >A majority (72%) of iPhone & iPad users are aware of new privacy changes in recent software updates. When asked how well they understand Apple’s new privacy policies, these were the responses: Extremely well (13%), Very well (29%), Moderately well (21%), Slightly well (9%), and Not well at all (28%). Two in three (65%) users are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their activities being tracked as they use certain websites and apps, while only 14% said they were not at all concerned. And from https://www.androidauthority.com/android-app-tracking-transparency-poll-results-1222202/ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-app-tracking-transp... >You told us: You really want an Apple-like anti-app tracking feature on Android... Over 30,000 people voted in favor of an App Tracking Transparency feature on Android. People are becoming extremely conscious of online (and on-phone) privacy issues. Where have you been? Your statement "don't tell me you believe privacy was at the usual consumers mind when they bought their devices... this is ridiculous or you don't meet many normal users." is itself, ridiculous.
- WA 5y ago