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It feels like those guys drank too much of Apple's Kool-Aid. The idea that one silicon valley offspring would be more trustworthy with your data than another is
by sigmoid10 2y ago
It feels like those guys drank too much of Apple's Kool-Aid. The idea that one silicon valley offspring would be more trustworthy with your data than another is simply baffling. Apple might be stricter regarding what third party developers can see inside their walled garden than Google, but they themselves happily collect all your data. If you want privacy, don't buy branded phones (and especially not ones with closed source ecosystems). And if you want advice on the topic, don't listen to people with obvious cognitive dissonance due to them owning the product, like in the linked discussion.
- cf100clunk 2y agoThat's a fair opinion, but I think the fact that this consumer concern is happening precisely at the time of Musk's activities having such an overtly political significance speaks for itself.
- sigmoid10 2y agoI think the causality here is reversed. People wouldn't give a damn if Musk hadn't turned into such a magnet for negative headlines. And I doubt anyone really knows what he's currently planning to do with his new powers (including himself).
- cf100clunk 2y agoI was suggesting it was simultaneous, actually, and the worry these consumers are describing about not really knowing what he's up to is just revving it all up. I'm simply telling family and friends asking what they should do about all this to turn off auto update and make sure it asks permission to go ahead (always a sensible stance). I give them no advice about psychological, sociological, or political stresses, but I'd love some real info from Apple about what is truly going on.