XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.privacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2024-11-19 13:55, Andrews wrote:
> Tom Elam wrote on Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:55:52 -0500 :
>
>> And all that is total bullshit.
>
> I'm going to respond to this particular Apple troll, Tom Elam,
> as if he owns the mentality of an adult. Is that OK with you Tom?
>
> Since you called well-established facts "bullshit", what exactly are you
> claiming is "bullshit" since I provided all necessary details, including
> screenshots, proving Apple *requires* your personal phone number in order
> to set up an iCloud account which is needed to download apps for the iPad.
>
> Why do you Apple trolls call that "bullshit"?
> Is it because you don't believe it?
> If so, that means you're completely ignorant of how the walled garden
> works.
>
> Or, is it because you don't like it?
>
> Then you're just being an ignorant troll by claiming the earth is flat.
> Simply because you don't like that it's round.
>
> The fact is only Apple forces you to trade your privacy for the privilege
> of installing apps. Google doesn't do it. Microsoft doesn't either.
>
> Just Apple.
> That's a fact.
>
> You can call that fact "bullshit", but then, as an adult, I ask why.
>
>> Apple does not ask for
>>
>> SSN, Medicare ID, date of birth, address, etc.
>
> Huh? Nobody said they did. And yet, they do. Apple *requires* your
> government ID whenever you stop logging into your iPad, which you Apple
> trolls are unaware that you're logging into the Apple servers every day.
>
> Yes. You heard that correctly. Only Apple requires your government issue iD
> to unlock an iPad that Apple unilaterally bricked simply because you
> stopped logging into it for two years (this happened on two different
> iPads!).
> Apple _forces_ a log in!
> Apple tracks your activity
> Apps become non functional
> Apple _forces_ extra logins!
> Apple tracking server login
>
> What's interesting is you Apple trolls know nothing about Apple.
> Why don't you Apple trolls know anything about how Apple really works?
>
>> What evidence do you have that providing Apple a phone number
>> compromises your privacy? What evidence that the phone number
>> compromises anything?
>
> Huh? It's your phone number. Only you. Nobody else. If you don't understand
> that it compromises your privacy, then let me ask you why you think NOBODY
> BUT APPLE does this? Nobody. Not Google. Not Microsoft. Just Apple.
>
> Do you Apple trolls understand anything at the level an adult should?
>
> Why, Tom Elam, do you think only Apple requires your phone number in order
> to install apps - when NOBODY else who makes an OS requires your privacy?
>
>> You never answer my questions. You don't have answers.
>
> You make that claim without even realizing I know more about Apple than all
> of you Apple trolls combined do - since NONE of you even know that you're
> logging into Apple mainframe servers every single moment of every day of
> the rest of your natural life. You don't know that. You think you're not.
>
> But you are.
>
> iPadOS 16.3.1 is available
> 16.3.1 Update Requested
> About 10 minutes remaining
> Preparing Update
> Downloaded
> Finish Setting Up iPad
> More for your iPad
> Update Apple ID Settings
> iPadOS Version 16.3.1
> Sign in to iCloud
> Finished Setting up iPad
> Verifying update...
>
> Only Apple forces you to trade your privacy for the privilege of installing
> apps. Google doesn't do it. Neither does Microsoft. Just Apple.
>
> Why is that a fact, Tom Elam?
Google forces you to provide your date of birth and gender...
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