Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House
by zepto on Saturday February 27, 2016 @09:31AM
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This is false at face value. Anyone who would rather maintain the security of their own device after purchase can do so by choosing a suitable android phone as you have done. There is nothing Apple can do to force users to stay in their ecosystem. Their fight is about maintaining the privacy of people who choose to be their customers.
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Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House
by venomsnake on Saturday February 27, 2016 @09:40AM
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The "we only allow software signed by us" on iphones is forcing people quite a bit when bought iphones. There are no legal ways for a person to load their OS on the apple devices. Or alternate app stores.
Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House
by zepto on Saturday February 27, 2016 @04:04PM
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Nobody is forced to buy an iPhone, and the fact that apps must be approved by Apple is not only public, but is a selling point that Apple advertises.
Where is Apple forcing anyone to do anything?
Re:Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship with White House
by venomsnake on Saturday February 27, 2016 @04:42PM
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If you buy apple ios hardware you are forced to use apple software. You cannot install lets say Debian. Not because it could not be reversed engineered enough to be built for it, but because apple has the walled garden's keys.
Compare that to macbooks and x86 pc-s in which you could load anything you like. So apple are forcing you to use their software to be able to utilize their iDevices at all.