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Apple users need to be ready to leave the platform if they sell out, and to make this clear.

by api 5y ago

Lio 5y ago
Things I'd want to consider at are 3rd party app support, privacy and security. Where to you think would be the right place to move to right now? Last time I asked I was told that Linux based phone software is still a bit work in progress and the Google stripped Android distros are both a bit DIY and also unverified privacy wise.
- api 5y ago
  It’s tough. For laptops there are decent options but anything Android as you say is either half baked or much more of a privacy tire fire than Apple. Mobile has been profoundly user hostile in the slimiest possible ways for many years. It’s about surveillance and addiction. Apple has been the only moderately acceptable option, but I don’t trust them completely and I do suspect they will eventually sell out. The market for privacy focused phones is tiny both because most people don’t care and because they would have to be more expensive. They are not being subsidized by surveillance. I am so happy that the mobile paradigm has not been able to invade desktop very much. It’s horrible and dystopian and we at least need to keep it at bay.
Uupis 5y ago
Their streak of blunders(1) has already made it challenging to convince myself to give them money this upgrade season. Polluting my experience with even more(2) ads has a really great chance of being the final straw. 1: mismanagement of bug bounty program, declining software quality, ham fisted CSAM efforts, endless series of App Store fiascos... off the top of my head right now. 2: their push notifications pushing [to me] useless services, noise in the Settings.app, parading Apple Music all over iTunes Store, Maps.app editor's picks seem like glorified ads, App Store search is both useless and has ads. It's already bad.

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Apple users need to be ready to leave the platform if they sell out, and to make this clear.

by api 5y ago

Apple users need to be ready to leave the platform if they sell out, and to make this clear.

Lio 5y ago
Things I'd want to consider at are 3rd party app support, privacy and security. Where to you think would be the right place to move to right now? Last time I asked I was told that Linux based phone software is still a bit work in progress and the Google stripped Android distros are both a bit DIY and also unverified privacy wise.
- api 5y ago
  It’s tough. For laptops there are decent options but anything Android as you say is either half baked or much more of a privacy tire fire than Apple. Mobile has been profoundly user hostile in the slimiest possible ways for many years. It’s about surveillance and addiction. Apple has been the only moderately acceptable option, but I don’t trust them completely and I do suspect they will eventually sell out. The market for privacy focused phones is tiny both because most people don’t care and because they would have to be more expensive. They are not being subsidized by surveillance. I am so happy that the mobile paradigm has not been able to invade desktop very much. It’s horrible and dystopian and we at least need to keep it at bay.
Uupis 5y ago
Their streak of blunders(1) has already made it challenging to convince myself to give them money this upgrade season. Polluting my experience with even more(2) ads has a really great chance of being the final straw. 1: mismanagement of bug bounty program, declining software quality, ham fisted CSAM efforts, endless series of App Store fiascos... off the top of my head right now. 2: their push notifications pushing [to me] useless services, noise in the Settings.app, parading Apple Music all over iTunes Store, Maps.app editor's picks seem like glorified ads, App Store search is both useless and has ads. It's already bad.