Historian Timothy Snyder’s first lesson in his book On Tyranny is “Do not obey in advance.” To obey a tyrant before you are compelled to do so teaches them what they will be able to get you to do, easily, without even needing to expend the resources and energy it takes to carry out that part of their agenda.
I don't know if that's true but that's their claim
It's hard to escape using Apple devices, but the company's actions under trump have made me into a consumer open to other options.
If the Apple phone and the Chinese-brand are both going to bow to their respective authoritarian government, it makes the cheaper, better spec'd non-Apple options much more appealing.
Didn't people want Apple's thoughtful, executive curation? If you're still not switching phones, what gives? Apple won this fight years ago, I'm shocked that we only now see people lift pitchforks and complain. You fought for your ability to resist sideloading and this is your just deserts. It's the phone you wanted.
I think it was either the way they added the two-button passcode lock that can be done without pulling the phone out of your pocket, the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone (2016), Apple's resistance to the UK's backdoor requirement in ADP, or maybe when they wouldn't unlock the Pensacola Shooter's iPhone (2019), Apple's methods to resisting China's demand for iCloud Master Key multiple times, or the constant updates like disabling biometric unlock after being disconnected from cell networks for a certain number of hours.
> Senator Wyden called them out (alongside Google) on backdooring Push Notifications years ago.
Apple's notification framework is wildly different than Google's Android method. Apple's notifications can be anonymous (hence the article we're commending on!) but Google's cannot.
> Didn't people want Apple's thoughtful, executive curation?
The app store doesn't promise curation in the sense of a museum store... it's more running the apps through a pre-check before offering to customers. It's safety, not sales appeal, at least mostly.
> If you're still not switching phones, what gives?
The alternatives are many times worse. Have you ever actually looked at what iOS collects vs Android?!
> I'm shocked that we only now see people lift pitchforks and complain.
We're upset about ICE apps being removed and Apple giving gold chunks to wannabe dictators. That didn't happen until recently.
> You fought for your ability to resist sideloading and this is your just deserts.
Google is also fighting sideloading. What phone maker are you imagining exists today and makes phones that don't have this issue?
