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(to play devil's advocate / test out tin foil fashion) - it may simply be a red herring. Apple continues to position itself as palatable to tech and art commun
by jMyles 13y ago
(to play devil's advocate / test out tin foil fashion) - it may simply be a red herring. Apple continues to position itself as palatable to tech and art communities while at the same time being the biggest NSA pushover. In exchange, Apple receives favorable IP treatment. Seems simple enough and quite far from "no advantage."
- rsynnott 13y agoThat sounds like a very dubious conspiracy theory, not "simple enough".
- LaGrange 13y agoIt’s a common realization of the idea that modern governments are somehow monolithic, and that NSA can somehow offer a preferential IP treatment in exchange for privacy breaches. Considering that (despite similarities) conservatives and democrats are both parts of said government and hating each other’s guts, that’s a somewhat ridiculous idea.