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I don't feel Apple's "power"... I use an iPhone and Macbook Pro right now, but I could ditch them just like I did a few years ago when Macbook Pro was junk. I w
by DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
I don't feel Apple's "power"... I use an iPhone and Macbook Pro right now, but I could ditch them just like I did a few years ago when Macbook Pro was junk. I went to a LG Gram laptop, linux desktop (others could go to Windows and the wide variety of hardware available). I'm in Apple's ecosystem because I prefer to be, not because I have to. Same with mobile phones - could switch to Android. I appreciate they don't get along with the FaceBook and FBI.
- spaced-out 4y agoThe counter-argument people will make, which I'm not sure if I agree with or not, is that regardless of what Apple's customers want, one company having that much power over its own ecosystem is bad for the market as a whole.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agoApple should be able run it's ecosystem however they like, I just need to be able to leave when I want to. No Berlin Wall situations.
- sneak 4y agoApple gets along very well with the FBI. That whole "we won't unlock the phone" thing was simple marketing, which you (and many others) fell for. Apple preserves a backdoor in the end to end encryption of iMessage at the FBI's behest. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive/exclusive-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypting-backups-after-fbi-complained-sources-idUSKBN1ZK1CT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...