22july2013

Simple solution: never install Sequoia.

I want Apple to make consistent designs and copy the "Action Button" hardware from the iPhone and Apple Watch to the iPad and all Macs.

If this article is to be believed, it still doesn't say what developers want. E.g., "It's like an abusive relationship where the abused stays in the relationship hoping the other partner will change and become the person you know they could be." - okay tell us what you want Apple to be. Be specific. Don't be silent on specifics. Say something useful. How can we be persuaded by an empty argument? I suspect that they are being silent because they want "everything" including the user's email address so they can target the users with personal data. If Apple did gave them that information, without my permission, I would stop using Apple Arcade. I would pay lots of real money for games, as long as my identity is anonymized and hidden by Apple. But I admit probably 90% of all users care nothing about privacy, until the government gets access to their data. Then they will scream and cry. But give your data to communist China, and people won't care. The only enemy they hate is their own government.

Stabitha_Christie said:
The EU didn’t force Microsoft to do anything. The EU had complaints from security software vendors and asked Microsoft to respond. Microsoft responded with a solution a solution that provided security vendors the ability to live patch the Windows kernel. It was Microsoft’s solution and it was completely voluntary. That Microsoft is trying to blame the EU is just completely dishonest on their part. 

So if the law says I can't speed, and I don't speed, that's "voluntary" on my part? Hardly. Even though my decision not to speed was my own, I can still blame the government for setting the speed limit and "forcing" me to drive slowly. Your comparison is completely unconvincing.

There's plenty of blame to go around. I wouldn't say it was all the EU's fault, but the EU set some rules and Microsoft complied. And the EU validated and approved Microsoft's solution. The EU is at the top of the pyramid of errors in this situation.

One of the main reasons I trust CarPlay not to send out my data is that Apple has a long history of respecting user privacy. Google, Facebook and others have a long history of intentionally disrespecting my privacy. Similarly, I wouldn't use a software product that gets most of its functionality from sending my data to the web (eg, Grammarly) but I would use a software product like Apple Intelligence (the new Private Cloud Compute does not scare me. Apple seems to be doing it right.)

I would consider products other than CarPlay if they respected my privacy. I'm not committed to Apple per se, I'm committed to privacy. I can't see anyone trying to compete with Apple on this crucial feature. Apple has become a multi-trillion dollar company in large part due to their privacy features, and no manufacturer wants to provide similar features. I guess companies like Microsoft don't want to take any of Apple's market share. I feel sorry for Microsoft's shareholders.