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The author says he switched because of “Then came 2018, with its stunning revelations and outrages by Facebook, Apple, Google, and others. With privacy and free

The author says he switched because of “Then came 2018, with its stunning revelations and outrages by Facebook, Apple, Google, and others. With privacy and free speech—in short, digital autonomy—deeply under threat” Comparing Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple is apples to oranges. What did Apple do that threatens customer privacy and free speech? You don’t need to switch to Linux to stop using Facebook and Twitter...

shmerl 8y ago
> What did Apple do that threatens customer privacy and free speech Apple affects many things negatively by being extremely pro lock-in and patent aggressive. So I'd say it's a good thing when someone stops using Apple's products and switches to Linux instead.
- simplecomplex 8y ago
  It’s not a good thing if you like seeing software devs get paid :)
  - shmerl 8y ago
    The company doesn't need to be a nasty anti-competitive jerk to pay developers.
    - briandear 8y ago
      What’s anti competitive?
      - shmerl 8y ago
        It's when instead of competing on merit, companies focus on controlling the market through monopolization techniques. I.e. simply banning competition. Lock-in (i.e. refusal to support interoperability), patent aggression, forbidding competing technologies in their store and so on and so forth.
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      - saagarjha 8y ago
        Having all software distribution for their embedded devices go through a centralized authority?
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- simion314 8y ago
  You can't have GPL apps on iOS, you can't put them in the Store and you are not allowed to side load apps, this is one reason I dislike Apple, others include the fact you have to replace the battery, motherboard or some body part (I can't remember for sure) and the entire keyboard if one of your keys breaks. This is why personally dislike them and why I will not use their products but I understand that people value different things then me.
rdiddly 8y ago
It's possible that he means "revelations... by... Apple" -- like the fact that they received all that attention from the feds.
lsanger 8y ago
Apple wants to store your data in iCloud--I don't wanna. I don't trust them. Apple is happy to learn a lot about you. Hence the feds can learn a lot about you through them. But most important to me is this wretched speech by Tim Cook: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/03/tim-cook-adl-keynote-speech/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/03/tim-cook-adl-keynote-sp... What a censorious tool. Soured me on Apple for, probably, ever.

shmerl 8y ago

> What did Apple do that threatens customer privacy and free speech Apple affects many things negatively by being extremely pro lock-in and patent aggressive. So I'd say it's a good thing when someone stops using Apple's products and switches to Linux instead.

simplecomplex 8y ago
It’s not a good thing if you like seeing software devs get paid :)
- shmerl 8y ago
  The company doesn't need to be a nasty anti-competitive jerk to pay developers.
  - briandear 8y ago
    What’s anti competitive?
    - shmerl 8y ago
      It's when instead of competing on merit, companies focus on controlling the market through monopolization techniques. I.e. simply banning competition. Lock-in (i.e. refusal to support interoperability), patent aggression, forbidding competing technologies in their store and so on and so forth.
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    - saagarjha 8y ago
      Having all software distribution for their embedded devices go through a centralized authority?
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
simion314 8y ago
You can't have GPL apps on iOS, you can't put them in the Store and you are not allowed to side load apps, this is one reason I dislike Apple, others include the fact you have to replace the battery, motherboard or some body part (I can't remember for sure) and the entire keyboard if one of your keys breaks. This is why personally dislike them and why I will not use their products but I understand that people value different things then me.

rdiddly 8y ago

It's possible that he means "revelations... by... Apple" -- like the fact that they received all that attention from the feds.

lsanger 8y ago

Apple wants to store your data in iCloud--I don't wanna. I don't trust them. Apple is happy to learn a lot about you. Hence the feds can learn a lot about you through them. But most important to me is this wretched speech by Tim Cook: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/03/tim-cook-adl-keynote-speech/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/03/tim-cook-adl-keynote-sp... What a censorious tool. Soured me on Apple for, probably, ever.