[HN Gopher] We Can't Trust Apple
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       We Can't Trust Apple
        
       Author : leotravis10
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-12-02 20:31 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | mikestew wrote:
       | Of the time I wasted reading most of TFA, I kept thinking "too
       | bad 'Apple' doesn't have an 'S' that the writer could substitute
       | with '$'."
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       |  _And that's on top of Apple's other unethical behavior, like the
       | usurious 15% to 30% tax of every dollar spent on the app store_
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       | Argue about the percentage, but to call a reseller's markup
       | "unethical" tells me someone doesn't want to have an
       | intellectually honest conversation. Other examples abound, "never
       | trust a monopolist..." without even the slightest hint of what or
       | how Apple is a monopoly, we're just supposed to take it as a
       | given. Oh, well, I had five minutes to waste.
        
       | alphabettsy wrote:
       | Apple may very well not be trustworthy, but this article seems to
       | be based on two recent high-profile mischaracterizations.
       | 
       | Hold their feet to the fire and keep them accountable, but start
       | with arguments based on facts and reason.
       | 
       | > Even when users try to turn off Apple's surveillance, it's not
       | guaranteed that Apple abides by that setting.
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       | Of course it's not guaranteed, but the "tracking" revealed isn't
       | concerning to me at all. I would assume the App Store and iTunes
       | have analytics, just like I know that blocking Google Analytics
       | doesn't prevent first-party analytics in the browser.
       | 
       | > making a change to the AirDrop feature so that it's now more
       | difficult for activists to share data anonymously
       | 
       | Previously, when enabled, Airdrop allowed anyone nearby to send a
       | share. Not you have to enable Airdrop to receive something. I
       | don't understand how this prevents users from sharing information
       | without the Internet just as it did before? It was never possible
       | to mass Airdrop.
       | 
       | Is it the extra step that means they've caved to the CCP? Or is
       | it more likely that this was intended to prevent people
       | airdropping, malicious or other undesirable things.
        
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