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Apple wants to redefine what it means to violate your privacy. We mustn’t let it(ar.al)
162 points by aral 5y ago|79 comments
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by aral 6y ago
Hey all, Just skimmed the comments (I know, I know, never read the comments) but here are couple of facts in case you care about that sort of thing (but please don’t let these get in the way of a lively discussion) ;) - re: drug dealers
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by aral 8y ago
Joke or not, dick move either way.
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by aral 9y ago
Your coworker gets it :) It’s simply a matter of business models – you don’t even have to like Apple or think they’re lovely people (everyone I’ve met there has been). Google’s business model is to digitise you and own that digital copy. Th
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by aral 11y ago
Indeed :) And thanks for the heads up, Arthur. Was a bit of debugging code left in by mistake. Fixed it when I was skimming these comments yesterday but haven’t had a chance to reply and say thanks until now :)
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by aral 12y ago
The phone is several years away… we’re concentrating on building the platform at the moment — starting with a lovely way to share stuff you care about between your devices and with other people (without any Facebook-like creepy uncle in the
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by aral 12y ago
Also remember that Swift is already starting to be taught in schools. Imagine if a natural language that is taught in schools was tied to a single company. If, for example, you needed an Apple pen to write English. How much of literature wo
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by aral 12y ago
Indeed, I believe there is some internal conflict on this. Hopefully Phoenix will help sway the debate.
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by aral 12y ago
Hey folks, just wanted to say that it’s very early days at the moment (as WoodenChair commented) — and we’re changing the button to "Sneak Peek" to reflect this. Poor Greg has been working his fingers off to get it ready (he’s pul