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I have no illusions about Apple being “good guys”, but this is why I use MacOS and Safari - both of those exist to sell Apple hardware, which is at least a litt
by fwlr 3y ago
I have no illusions about Apple being “good guys”, but this is why I use MacOS and Safari - both of those exist to sell Apple hardware, which is at least a little better than existing to sell my eyeballs. Not great, but not Microsoft or Google bad (yet).
Basically, I am paying the Apple tax because I get to be a few cycles behind the state of the art in software commoditizing their users.
- ladyanita22 3y agoYeah well I just use Firefox on Linux
- lockhouse 3y agoWhat do you use for a mobile phone?
- SXX 3y agoFor last 3 years Firefox works great on Android and does have working ad-blokers.
- lockhouse 3y agoAre you using one of those de-Googled custom Android ROMs or stock?
- SXX 3y agoHonestly nope. I mostly need phone for banking apps that thanks to Google DRM (SafetyNet) dont play too well with custom ROMs. Yet Firefox work quite well across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android and it has huge advantage of having proper adblocking. So it's mostly no brainer which browser to use.
- miloignis 3y agoI am - GrapheneOS is excellent. I do unfortunately run sandboxed Google Play Services for access to Google Maps & Google Play through which I get my banking app. Pretty much everything else (launcher, podcasts, VLC, Firefox, FluffyChat&Element for Matrix messaging, ntfy.sh/UnifiedPush) is via f-droid, and works great.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoOn a Pixel or something else?
- miloignis 3y agoUsed Pixel 4, yeah - I think the later pixels have better security features & support from Graphene, but this way I also help reduce ewaste.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoJust interested because I like Graphene but don't want to use a Pixel. I'd love to run it on a FairPhone honestly. Looks like DivestOS is my best bet.
- zgk7iqea 3y agoUnfortunately, Firefox‘s security on Android is .. not the best (https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html#android-sandbox https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...)
- DANmode 3y agoIt's not just Android. Unfortunately.
- arsome 3y agoWow that article that completely misses the point, yes, Chrome has better sandboxing, which offers it marginally better security, but that has nothing to do with Firefox's far better privacy features. For people who are not spies or hoarding millions worth of cryptocurrencies on their desktop PCs, they're not likely running across zero day exploits on the regular. They are however running across trackers galore and Firefox's tracking protection and anti-fingerprinting features are likely to make a larger difference in practice for all but the most targeted of individuals.
- Alifatisk 3y agoI’m running Firefox on both iOS & macOS. Also installed it on my pc.
- WorldPeas 3y agoI use Fennec F-droid on android
- Arnavion 3y agoFirefox. My phone runs Linux (postmarketOS).
- fwlr 3y agoAlso a good option. Edge and Chrome are definitely on the biting edge of this particular ratchet, while Firefox and Safari are at least half a whole rotation behind. (We could split hairs about who is a click behind whom, and how much of that is because of development velocity rather than intention, but the difference is minor compared to where Chrome and Edge are at.)
- hackerbrother 3y agoI use Lynx on OpenBSD.
- pacija 3y agoI wold have problem with Lynx on OpenBSD, but Iridium on FreeBSD is quite ok, as long as I add obligatory ublock origin, umatrix and cookie autodelete extensions.
- kneebonian 3y agoYou mean your leasing a Mac from Apple to use it in a manner consistent with and approved by them.
- dsQTbR7Y5mRHnZv 3y agohttps://asahilinux.org/about/ https://asahilinux.org/about/
- ubermonkey 3y agoWeird. I dunno about you, but I own my Macs, and am able to do anything I want with them.
- gondaloof 3y ago> I get to be a few cycles behind the state of the art in software commoditizing their users. Have you been on the App Store lately? macOS and iOS are relatively clean, but the most apps in the stores are out to get you.
- ubermonkey 3y agoI think Apple has a better ethical compass, but I have no illusions about it, either. Their business model is selling hardware, and they've found that they do well at that by not compromising the user experience. Apple isn't an angel, but they don't tend to do shit like this. Macs also don't come with a shitload of goofy ads in the Dock, like every consumer build of Windows. Opening a new Dell is like entering a shitty mall.
- goosedragons 3y agoThey compromise the user experience all the time to sell more hardware. Oh you want to use a non-Apple smartwatch? Well here's a subset of features of what the device actually supports. Use an Android phone? Well we can't be bothered to implement MTP like everyone else so go track down 3rd party app. No, you can't use Bluetooth file transfer but Airdrop works well on our devices, RCS? Just buy your mom an iPhone etc. It's a bunch of subtle compromises to push you towards more Apple branded gear.
- ubermonkey 3y agoSee, I don’t care about any of that, because the user experience on those other devices is so poor.
- goosedragons 3y agoReally? My iPhone and iPad would nag me about subscribing to iCloud and Apple Music. I don't see that kind of thing on my Samsung phone or my Android tablets. They let me run whatever apps I want without Papa Cook's permission, I can plug them into any non-Mac and drag files on or off. Much faster than the iPad where getting files on involves some cloud service and then "sharing" them or mucking about in some submenus of iTunes. My Garmin watch is controlled by physical buttons so it works with gloves and it works when the screen is wet. My non-same brand products work together which is a pretty great user experience IMO. Windows having ads does suck but I solve that by just not using Windows. My devices still work fine with Linux and I'm not trapped into buying one brand. I'd argue only playing nice with yourself is not a great user experience but actually user hostility.