DoomFreak

tedz98 said:

I love to see tech giants in a battle. Apple is trying to monetize privacy. Facebook is monetizing its users. Apple revenue comes from its customers. Facebook revenue comes from advertisers. You pay for free services with your data. At least now you will have the chance to decide if that is what you really want to do. By now Facebook and Google know a lot about their users. Though that data will get stale over time. I wonder how many Facebook users would actually pay for an ad-free subscription?

Well said.  I, for one, am willing to pay a premium for privacy by buying Apple products.  So far, Apple's monetizing has worked well for its customers.  I would never pay for Facebook, however.  I think people in my son's generation don't even really use it at all.  It could fade into obscurity for all I care.

Apple is full of crap.  It is very misleading to tell users they can purchase something with a "Buy" button and then suggest that they do not own it.  I think they would get a lot less money , if they had a "Use for an unknown amount of time" button.

They know people think they are buying it.  Purely deceptive.

The reason why products are cheaper in China are because of lack of labor laws.  So they use child labor, forced labor, slave labor, etc.  They also have few environmental protection laws.  This also makes it cheaper to produce products.  US products do have these restrictions, so it is more expensive to produce products in the United States.  Companies like Apple go to China for their products becauset is cheaper .. but then they should not pretend to be so environmentally conscious and they should not pretend to be so socially conscious.  By simply producing their products in China, they are not either.

I am glad to see that Apple's labor practices are being investigated.  For years I have heard about Apple's unfair labor practices against women and minorities.  These incidents should definitely be investigated.  ... all of them.

Just using this as a good reason to spy on people

I would hope that Apple would never open up default messaging to Facebook.  It seems contrary to its goals of creating a secure and private environment for its customers.  If someone wants to use that crap, let them.  At some point you have to protect people from themselves though.

I would not want this car, personally.  I see it as a huge liability.

Thank you for this article.  I was thinking about replacing my Ring doorbell with a HomeKit alternative.  Given the notification issue I am now not getting one.  I think that would only serve to frustrate my wife.