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I too laud Apple for their efforts, but I view them as a benevolent dictator. To me it’s obvious how this helps their bottom line: people are very interested i
by bradgessler 4y ago
I too laud Apple for their efforts, but I view them as a benevolent dictator.
To me it’s obvious how this helps their bottom line: people are very interested in privacy and willing to pay top dollar for it. Every time I turn on an additional privacy service from Apple, I feel their grip tightening on my digital identity as they push themselves even more between me and the direct relationships I have with other websites.
iCloud private relay, email aliases, and “Sign in with Apple” is their final act to completely dominate the relationship between their users and other web applications.
I’m not bitter about it, but I do think it’s helpful and healthier to view Apple in this way and not mistake their efforts as altruistic. They’re simply a company trying to develop a profitable, high retention service… and they’re doing a damn good job at it.
- sunshinerag 4y agoGlad that it is not altruistic. Much more better served with other incentives
- _abox 4y agoThe lock-in makes it impossible for me to use most of their services though. I need to access all my stuff on Mac but also on Windows and Linux. I wish there was a good privacy-embracing cloud platform that I could just pay for directly instead of via buying hardware as Apple does. iCloud private relay is a great idea but I need it on all my computers and phones. I use Firefox now but their VPN option doesn't hold a candle to what Apple offers with icloud relay. It's really a different thing altogether.
- vineyardmike 4y ago> iCloud private relay is a great idea but I need it on all my computers and phones. Why? Why not just use a different VPN/Proxy service? A lot of apple features are available elsewhere like Sign-in-with-apple.
- godelski 4y agoWhat's even worse is that a lot of their privacy and security features are designed to interact within the walled garden instead of purely security and privacy by default. Talk to another Apple user? Everything fine. Talk to an Android user, no more privacy and security. And good luck sending a video that doesn't look like it was filmed with a literal potato.
- nojito 4y agoWhy is it apple's responsibility to worry about Android?
- cmroanirgo 4y agoBecause a lot of their mac users have android phones. Same argument for windows...a lot of iOS users run windows.
- nojito 4y agoWindows only cares about iOS and Android because windows phone died. Apple has no incentive to actively support android hardware. Services however makes sense and courting Android is a good strategy.
- btgeekboy 4y agoBecause I, an Apple user, would like to securely communicate with my Android-using family member. Security benefits both sides of the conversation. But since Apple doesn’t support it, I have to use a completely different service.
- godelski 4y agoBecause not everyone you talk to has an Apple device?