Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by walterbell on Saturday December 28, 2024 @11:11PM
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> incongruity
Or signal of non-named stakeholders.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by ryandrake on Saturday December 28, 2024 @11:07PM
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It’s amazing how hostile Silicon Valley (and HN commenters) are to the basic idea of consent. It’s as if simply asking the user for permission is a grave insult to these technologists. “I shouldn’t have to ask permission! It implies I’m doing something bad!” they might be thinking.
If the world was a nightclub, “Silicon Valley” would be a creepy guy who walks up to every woman and says “You’re now dating me. To stop, you need to opt out using a form that I will do my best to make sure you can’t read.”
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by simondotau on Sunday December 29, 2024 @02:52AM
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You're inverting morality and infantilising the consumer. Apple is a corporation. Corporations don't owe you moral anything, except as required by law.
Choosing an Apple product is consent to trusting Apple. Continued use their products represents ongoing consent. This is an objective fact about all complex connected devices and it cannot possibly be otherwise.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by skydhash on Sunday December 29, 2024 @08:52AM
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Corporation are driven by people. They’re not a separate entity that decides to do things while their owners are sleeping. Every actions have someone that suggested it and someone that gave the green light.
Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by simondotau on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:50PM
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Corporations are driven by shareholders, through the board of directors, through the c-suite, which have a fiduciary obligation to maximise profits.
And getting downvoted for saying it, which is a fascinating incongruity.