Re:Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
by buo on Saturday June 20, 2020 @01:29PM
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I can see your point now. Indeed they can feel inescapable.
One thing I try to do is to minimize how much revenue they get out of me. For example, I use uBlock Origin and uMatrix to block their ads and scripts, their cookies, Google Analytics, etcetera. I hope they are losing money on me, that'd make my day!
@hkarthik implied that it's impossible to use technology and also boycott Apple and/or Google. I agree with them.
You seemed to disagree by saying that you do boycott Apple and Google.
The point I was trying to make is that you're part of their revenue stream even if you yourself don't have any consumer relationship with them. That's why they feel like a monopoly to so many of us and why we criticize them rather than leaving their ecosystem. We can't leave their ecosystem!