XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-09-23 15:17, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > On 9/23/2024 4:58 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >> In what manner to Apple users care less about privacy than Windows users?   
   >   
   >    Apple babies their customers and tells them what they want. Their   
   > customers, in turn, trust them, despite having no reason for   
   > doing so. (Apple runs their own ad business, after all.)   
      
   How does that actually mean they CARE less.   
      
   They may believe Apple's claims about privacy, but that doesn't mean   
   they don't care.   
      
   >   
   >    A good example is the "feature" to back up an iPhone online just   
   > in case yours gets lost. Few Windows users would trust their   
   > computer's contents to Microsoft. And most are not so tech-illiterate   
   > that they'd need to.   
      
   Take a quick poll of people you know.   
      
   Ask them how they do backups.   
      
   I know that basically every client I've ever gotten except for a very   
   small percentage didn't do backups of any kind.   
      
   Is backing up to Apple's iCloud service perfect? No.   
      
   Is it much better than not doing any backups at all?   
      
   Do I even need to answer that one?   
      
   And how is that about PRIVACY. Apple's iCloud backups are encrypted.   
      
      
   >   
   >     I think this is difficult for Mac devotees to understand. They think   
   > they're in a club or on a team, opposed to Windows users. People on   
   > Windows don't think that way. It's just a computer, like a Ford Focus is   
   > just a car.   
      
   I use both and have for more than 30 years. I know they're both just tools.   
      
   >   
   >    Though to be fair, in my experience at least 90% of all people   
   > don't much care about privacy if it requires any effort. Apple   
   > fans are just a bit more ninny-headed about it. Part of the reason   
   > they use Apple devices is so that they won't have to think. (Most   
   > of the people I know who switched to Macs did it for one reason:   
   > They believed Macs were immune to malware, so they wouldn't   
   > have to think about it. Essentially, Mac is today's AOL.)   
      
   No, today the Mac is so reliable that all my tech support work is for my   
   Windows customers.   
      
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