dysamoria

Absolutely abhorrent. Egregious excess.

“...profanity-laced tirade...”

Are you kidding me? Where’s the tirade? How do you “lace” a nonexistent tirade with only ONE word of profanity? At best, it’s a humorous retort, but it’s probably not even that.

This story, claimed false by both parties that are alleged to have been part of the events, has been turned into a click-bait headline that leads to a piffle of nothingness.

And I had to deal with stupid video popups just to read this baited nothing article.

Ah the old authoritarian excuse of “obey and you’ll be fine... (also, don’t question authority or defend those who’ve been abused by the system).”

Authoritarian-financed corporation says you’re fine, but they’re not responsible if you’re not, in fact, fine; after all, they can’t stop their authoritarian customers from “misusing” a spying tool they’ve sold to them for spying purposes.

🙄

Also: the claim of the corporate culture being one of interaction and accidental connections is pretty disingenuous when it’s been repeatedly brought to light that Apple’s internal efficacy suffers from obsessive security and silo-ing of projects and teams.

Uh, developers of “free apps”? Free as in loaded with ads or in-app purchases? Or were they *actually* free?

I do think Apple have changed from one company to another, and not for the better, but this specific argument of monopoly still doesn’t work. There’s something in there that’s anticompetitive practices, but monopoly isn’t really it.

Rayz2016 said:

dysamoria said:

Uh, developers of “free apps”? Free as in loaded with ads or in-app purchases? Or were they *actually* free?

I do think Apple have changed from one company to another, and not for the better, but this specific argument of monopoly still doesn’t work. There’s something in there that’s anticompetitive practices, but monopoly isn’t really it.

Yup, “something in there”, but as usual, you don’t know what it is. 

I do and it’s irrelevant to this conversation. Get over yourself. I’m on Apple’s side here and it’s still not enough for you. Apple doesn’t need you defending them all day.

sflocal said:

baconstang said:

Looks like they caught this jerk without installing spyware on his phone.

Where did Apple say they were installing "spyware" on iPhones?  They are scanning iCloud photos in its datacenter, but nothing gets loaded on the phone itself.

Why do people continue pushing false stories like this?

Because they want to believe them.

Apple leaving the UK market... who are they trying to fool...

foregoneconclusion said:

sflocal said: How many WinTel laptops experience the same issue?

Laptop screens are relatively fragile regardless of the manufacturer. They can easily be damaged when closed just by weight on top of the laptop. One common scenario: put laptop into backpack that has books/equipment for work or school and then set the backpack flat on the floor or flat on a table. The weight of the other items can potentially flex the laptop screen enough to cause damage. 

Yes, this is true. So the question needs to be asked: Why are “we” accepting MOBILE devices being this flimsy today? This isn’t how it always was.

Don’t tell me “we” chose this by buying lighter and thinner (flimsier) devices. There was no choice when manufacturers made progressively thinner and lighter machines as each revision came out, with Apple putting on most of the market pressure with their pathological pursuit of thinness.

nizzard said:

I’m ok with this.   What is NOT ok is them backdooring Messages (to start).

You’re okay with what?

What “backdoor” in Messages are you talking about?