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Why do people expect that Apple respond realtime to these kinds of things? I think people believe that Apple should have considered the privacy implications of
by pja 15y ago
Why do people expect that Apple respond realtime to these kinds of things?
I think people believe that Apple should have considered the privacy implications of allowing Apps unfettered access to user contact data years ago, rather than only reacting when it becomes a PR issue that user-data is being misappropriated by shady App developers who appear to believe that making money is more important than the privacy of their users.
(My personal guess is that they did think about it, after all they introduced Location access permissions with iOS 2.0, but decided that an Android-style permissions matrix would put off end-users. In other words, I suspect that Apple made exactly the same decision that their App developers did: ease-of-use was more important than user privacy.)
- Tyrannosaurs 15y agoI think you're absolutely right, but I the point kind of still stands - when evidence appears that challenges your agreed position, you should still consider it properly before responding rather than make a knee jerk reaction.
- reddit_clone 15y agoAlso, asking for forgiveness is far easier than asking for permission.
- st3fan 15y agoYeah they must have thought about it a little. I think the main reason there is no 'me' card in the iOS address book is because apps can then not find out who you are. Strange solution of course. Or they did that because of some stupid patent.