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Apple is certainly fumbling in recent years, and it's clearly behind in some games (Siri, AI in general, iPhones turning into a yearly snooze-fest). But of all
by herval 1y ago
Apple is certainly fumbling in recent years, and it's clearly behind in some games (Siri, AI in general, iPhones turning into a yearly snooze-fest). But of all the FAANG, I'd say it's the only one I trust, simply because they're not trying to sell my data and have a consistent stance on security.
- QuercusMax 1y agoTim Cook giving Trump a gold-plated statue in exchange for tariff preferences seems like a very bad sign.
- elictronic 1y agoIt seems like they got the memo. Pay Trump personally or have your business destroyed. Im not really sure how that benefits me as a US citizen but that is who the majority of the population seems to want and once the rules are set you follow or face made up tariffs that rip you apart. Right.
- herval 1y agoIt certainly is. It's not exclusive to Apple, however - _all_ the big tech (and non-tech) companies offered tribute, in one form or another. Despite it being illegal, it seems to be the new government practice. Whether that'll lead to the government requiring Apple to break their encryption, it remains to be seen. I imagine Apple has a bit of an edge here anyway, since iCloud is allegedly e2e encrypted?
- pklausler 1y agoWhy? It was a relatively cheap way to dodge the capricious whims of a madman who is fortunately easy to distract with shiny objects.
- kriops 1y agoWhy? Regardless of your view of Trump, would you not expect mr. Cook to play the game? His only job is literally and figuratively to navigate hell or high waters to deliver value to the shareholders.
- JohnKemeny 1y agoHe didn't give him a statue, he gave him a gold bar. A literal gold bar. With a plaque.
- nozzlegear 1y agoUnless Cook starts letting ICE have free roam of Apple's campus, I have trouble faulting him or any business owner for trying to avert the mad king's gaze.
- worik 1y ago> because they're not trying to sell my data Are you sure?
- echelon 1y agoThey use it internally for marketing and sales. They also use it for their growing ad platform. Can't let people find your app for free. You need to pay to defend your trademark and lead in a given app category. Plus they've severed the customer relationship and inserted themselves as Mafia middlemen. They'll sell that to companies too.
- hilux 1y agoApple is behind in AI because they've prioritized keeping private data on your device, rather than in the cloud, but today's best (or even good) inference models still require cloud-scale compute, i.e. they don't fit on a phone. I think we basically agree - just clarifying here.