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Probably because it’s their value proposition. The point being Apple spends a shit ton of money on privacy and security because it’s exactly what they market. I

Probably because it’s their value proposition. The point being Apple spends a shit ton of money on privacy and security because it’s exactly what they market. It’s a bit of a naive and paranoid take to think they’re secretly disregarding that internally and actually doing the complete opposite.

Veserv 3y ago
Then they can put that value proposition into legally binding, non-revokable terms. Until then, I see no reason to believe a person on the internet over a trillion dollar company executives and lawyers who actively avoid making any contractual obligations to support their marketing claims.
- mostlysimilar 3y ago
  You don't need to "believe a person on the internet", just go look up all of the privacy-respecting features and options of iOS (and related services) we have today. I think "contractual obligations" sounds like an unfairly high standard to hold Apple to. It'd be great if we lived in a utopia where corporations were genuinely looking out for our best interests. We don't. We live in a world where corporations are relentless profit-seeking vampires, and in that world Apple is an uncommonly benevolent mega-corp relative to its peers. This benevolence is not just a factor of being mostly built by morally "good" people[0], it's also a matter of what Apple has chosen as its market niche. They build privacy-first technology because that's what they tell us they're selling us, and it's why we buy it. It's profitable for them. It's good for us. It's a mutually beneficial situation. [0]I think there's an argument to be made that because Apple has now spent a decade positioning itself this way, it probably attracts the type of employee who believes in privacy as a human right and is largely made up of people who genuinely do believe it's the "right" thing to do.

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Probably because it’s their value proposition. The point being Apple spends a shit ton of money on privacy and security because it’s exactly what they market. I

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Veserv 3y ago
Then they can put that value proposition into legally binding, non-revokable terms. Until then, I see no reason to believe a person on the internet over a trillion dollar company executives and lawyers who actively avoid making any contractual obligations to support their marketing claims.
- mostlysimilar 3y ago
  You don't need to "believe a person on the internet", just go look up all of the privacy-respecting features and options of iOS (and related services) we have today. I think "contractual obligations" sounds like an unfairly high standard to hold Apple to. It'd be great if we lived in a utopia where corporations were genuinely looking out for our best interests. We don't. We live in a world where corporations are relentless profit-seeking vampires, and in that world Apple is an uncommonly benevolent mega-corp relative to its peers. This benevolence is not just a factor of being mostly built by morally "good" people[0], it's also a matter of what Apple has chosen as its market niche. They build privacy-first technology because that's what they tell us they're selling us, and it's why we buy it. It's profitable for them. It's good for us. It's a mutually beneficial situation. [0]I think there's an argument to be made that because Apple has now spent a decade positioning itself this way, it probably attracts the type of employee who believes in privacy as a human right and is largely made up of people who genuinely do believe it's the "right" thing to do.