Regardless of whether Apple bows down to pressure on this, it shows you how they think. Itās their phone, not yours. Tim Apple is your daddy and as long as you live under his roof, you live under his rules. And heās just made it clear he can enter your room whenever he likes and search your drawers. Might be time to think about moving out.
Problem is, where do you go? Do you move in with creepy uncle Google next door? No, heās even worse.
And your banking app only works on iOS and Androidā¦
ā¦Iām seeing people say ājust donāt use an iPhone.ā Itās not that simple when everyday things like financial apps with two-factor authentication are locked into the two main platforms.
We need legislation to ensure critical services use open standards so you can use your Pinephone to buy lunch in the future.
Itās shocking how easily some folks jump to ājust go live in a cave.ā No, thatās not an acceptable alternative. We deserve to partake in modern life without sacrificing our human rightsā¦
ā¦Itās also victim blaming to tell everyday people theyāre at fault for using one of the two main tech platforms instead of an (as of yet inaccessible) alternative. (I have two Pinephones and my room overflows open hardware. No, I donāt blame you for using an iPhone or an Android device. Youāre the victim here.)
Blame the actual culprits: clueless legislators/policymakers who allow these monopolies to continue and fail to protect our human rights. Blame Big Tech and those who enable itā¦
ā¦This isnāt about whether Apple backs down on this or not (although thatās important too in the here and now and you should sign this letter to put pressure on them.)
https://appleprivacyletter.com/
This is a greater struggle to protect personhood in the digital network age. Today, we extend ourselves with technology. Not owning and controlling these aspects of ourselves is a violation of our personhood.
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@aral
To put it blunt:
Talk is cheap. The only thing that really matters, are your actions.
If you buy another iNarc device after this, your actions show that you don't care about this *enough* to stop buying their stuff. In a capitalist society, where you spend your money is what actually counts.
Most people don't know better or have shown with their actions to not care enough for quite a while (#PrivacyParadox).
For you, I see someone making excuses for themselves to keep buying iNarcs.
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@FreePietje @aral keep pushing away other people this will surely help Linux
