XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.apps
From: arlen.george.holder@is.invalid
On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:46:00 GMT, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> I like almost all Apple products (not a huge fan of Lightning connector
though,
> except for being small and reversible; IMO, USB-C is both better and more
> durable, and ultra-thin devices bend too easily anyway, so the slightly
> smaller thickness of Lightning does't impress me).
There's an interestingly obvious published joke that goes somewhat like "If
Apple has the courage to _remove_ the headphone jack, why doesn't Apple
have the courage to switch to USB-C?".
> I also like that they take design very seriously. And (see below) that they
> don't significantly profit by selliing customer information (or at least
highly
> targeted advertising), unlike Google, Facebook, etc.
You have to be careful about what Apple "says" and what Apple "does".
o They're quite different things, for adults to comprehend.
Most people just want to _feel_ safe, so, like a child who believes his
mother when she assures him that the monster can't get out of the closet if
he shuts the door at night, most Apple customers _believe_ what MARKETING
tells them about privacy.
And yet, the privacy on iOS is no different than the privacy on Android
o Which is to say _neither_ has much privacy even as we strive to gain it!
For example, we have tons of privacy-based settings on Android that simply
don't exist on iOS, where this uk.telecom.mobile thread, just today, covers
some of them:
o Does anyone know how or if Google associates your identity with
your Google Map navigation activities?
In the end, given privacy is a long chain of links, where any one weak link
destroys the strength of the entire chain, it's trivial to prove Apple only
touts where they're more private than Android, while remaining totally mum
on where they're far less private (and I mean _far_ less) than Android.
Sordid details here, but the point is don't believe everything Apple says,
and, more importantly, pay attention to the privacy Apple _ignores_.
o What is the factual truth about PRIVACY differences or similarities
between the Android & iOS mobile phone ecosystems?
> They're not perfect though; no organization is. If divine protection from
> human flaws is not granted to religious organizations, I very much doubt it
> would be granted to other organizations. (such protection would violate
> free will, anyway)
Apple has been caught _secretly_ throttling CPUs to half speed.
o And then they _blamed_ the batteries, which is a brazen lie by Apple
(given batteries are in all smartphones and nobody else has to secretly,
drastically, and permanently throttle their CPUs due to their poor design)
Apple has been caught _secretly_ listening to your conversations, whether
or not you activated Siri (a simple zipper would activate Siri, according
to the reliable reports which Apple did not refute).
Apple has been caught shipping huge security holes that they _knew_ about,
which you can drive a bus through them so many times, that you can't ever
trust an iOS release (e.g., broadcom bugs in iOS 10, facepalm bugs in iOS
11, the entire sordid release of iOS 13 where they knew in June and July
for sure of huge security holes they simply shipped "on schedule" anyway).
Apple removes functionality that is on 99.9% of current Android phones
(i.e., the headphone jack), and Apple _never_ had the functionality on most
Android phones (e.g., the sd card slot).
The list goes on and on and on and on and on that Apple is a sordid outfit.
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