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Legally that sounds about right, but morally, your argument does nothing to defend Apple. They pioneered stealing autonomy from their users. They know governmen
by like_any_other 1y ago
Legally that sounds about right, but morally, your argument does nothing to defend Apple. They pioneered stealing autonomy from their users. They know governments abuse this [1,2,3]. Yet they prefer to profit off keeping their users prisoner, than give them control of the devices they paid for.
Maybe the first time you chain a man to a tree, you can plead ignorance, that you didn't know wolves would come eat him at night. But by the 100th time, you're as guilty as the wolves.
[1] Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, Cook defends move - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-apple-idUSKBN1WP09U/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-apple-i...
[2] Apple removes nearly 100 VPNs used by Russians to bypass censorship - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41712728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41712728
[3] Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644216
- cnst 1y agoAnd, to clarify, the problem here is not that the company collaborates with governments in policing their own stores, the problem is that they do NOT allow you using any alternative stores.
- can16358p 1y agoActually I didn't mean anything that contradicts your comment. I do agree with what you are saying. I don't think we should be expecting moral values from any company over a certain size, be it Apple, Google, or anything else. They "care" about privacy as long as they profit from it directly as device/service sales or indirectly with brand value/trust/PR.
- like_any_other 1y ago> Actually I didn't mean anything that contradicts your comment. Likewise.