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> The big question for me is how and why Tim Cook and Apple's board signed off on a plan to do huge damage to Apple's reputation and user trust. If they didn't
by BoysenberryPi 5y ago
> The big question for me is how and why Tim Cook and Apple's board signed off on a plan to do huge damage to Apple's reputation and user trust. If they didn't know, it's a problem. If they knew and didn't realize the inevitable backlash, well that's a different problem.
Comments like this make me wonder how in touch HN is with the average person because I genuinely don't believe most people care or even know that this is happening. I may be wrong but Apple could've pretended this backlash doesn't exist and did nothing about it and they would lose nothing for it.
- relax88 5y agoI agree regarding the average person but I’ve forwarded the EFF article to friends who are surgeons, electricians, firefighters, etc. Who wouldn’t know what HN is and the reaction has been a universal “wtf Apple is scanning all my photos?”. I guess the question is how big the angry minority is. I think a lot of people blindly trust Apple as a reputable corporate entity and this definitely shakes that trust.
- brokenmachine 5y agoIt was on mainstream news here in Australia.