Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by lern_too_spel on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:44AM
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In addition to reducing freedom, the walled garden reduces privacy. You cannot install an app on your phone, not even (especially!) one you develop yourself, without telling Apple. The privacy marketing that Apple does for iOS is the biggest scam in consumer tech.
Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by sudosysgen on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:39AM
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This is true. The privacy threat model of an iPhone is absolute trust in Apple that has more control over your device than you do. For me, it doesn't compute.
Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by EGreg on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:01AM
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It computes for me. It's my Trusted Computing Base, in fact. Would rather have to trust one company than several, as with Android. Can we do better somehow?
These 4-5 years may be the last era where we could trust our hardware, until governments all demand backdoors in the OS.
Re:When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to real...
by TedDoesntTalk on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:28AM
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> Would rather have to trust one company than several,
What? Get the google pixel. One company. They don’t manufacture the phones but have complete control over them... and they are really good.
I really have to hand it to Apple there. I think they must be big tech that really cares (I use Fastmail etc. for this reason, but they aren't the same scope). Their privacy story nearly converted me a year back, but the walled garden has always been my biggest hurdle for switching to Apple. I personally regard the walled garden as a greater violation of what I think consumer rights are.
I'd probably deal with the rest, like you all do.