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by arvinsim 5y ago
Then people need to start asking themselves if privacy is really a value they really hold or is just an empty, bandwagon idealism. Because sacrificing privacy for convenience is why we got to this point.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
If Apple thinks this is a very good feature that will help CP victims, why wasn't it headlined in WWDC?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
> Rather than oppose a measure to protect children because of the fear of a few false positives, why can't you accept the fact that the societal benefit outweighs the potential risk? But Apple apologists has been telling me all day
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by arvinsim 5y ago
It doesn't matter if the scan is conditional. It matters that the capability is there.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
The masses generally don't care. I mean, if you look at the Apple debacle recently, most people will forget about it or won't even be aware about it after a few months.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
The thing is, people who are young enough to not live in the time without mobile phones will have no recourse.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Sue them for false marketing.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
So you are essentially saying "I give up"? Tech really drilled in learned helplessness on the masses.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
So if an offender turns off iCloud then this move will absolutely be useless?? How would that help catch them if they can simply flip the switch?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
More horrifying is the number of people defending or apologizing for this move. Truly mind boggling!
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Tech(or more specifically, cloud technology and social media) is the modern "opium of the masses".
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by arvinsim 5y ago
So you are giving up and essentially handing over Apple your rights? It's no surprise why we got to this point.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
So are you prepared to never update your device?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Then why not just scan the photos in the cloud? Why in device? Looks like a big, red flag.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Humanity better find a better system soon. It's not sustainable.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
I don't see how that absolves Apple. Apple gets the bigger headline because of their claim to support environmentalism and human rights.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
>It is a calling. I don’t recommend it for almost anyone but some people are compelled to do it. There is little to recommend that lifestyle. Society won’t reward it one whit unless you are spectacularly successful. Doesn't help tha
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by arvinsim 5y ago
> - not inclusive. How does deaf people can use it? Wasn't Clubhouse iOS only at the start?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Doesn't matter. They don't get a cut.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
And when did they make that exception?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Ironically, it's Apple themselves with the M1 laptops that make the iPad case much less appealing. The laptop can do everything that the iPad can do except being a touchscreen device.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Developers are also users.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Switched to decaf for the same reason.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
It's hard even for the HN audience. How much more for the everyday person?
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by arvinsim 5y ago
I know that WSL2 is a good development environment for Windows but I am interested to see if a Nix VM might be better.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
My point was that it's easy for capitalist society to justify it. I am not arguing that a non-capitalist society can't.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
A capitalist society can put forth a hundred of justifications for facial recognition.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
Evil people get away with stuff all the time.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
> The big problem was to move away from Logic, but where there's a will, there's a way. I moved to Ableton years ago because I wanted a cross-platform DAW.
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by arvinsim 5y ago
It has been available last year https://twitter.com/system76/status/1313573512792215558

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