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Apple's rules to allow third-party app stores in the EU are not beneficial for users or developers (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't get why anyone trusts Apple. I can't think of many things I've heard about them that didn't make me think "well there's Apple being Apple". As bad as the others can be, none have the audacity to do it like Apple does.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_dispute

Not sure how that compares to the response from other companies though. But I would guess favorably, from a user privacy perspective?

They also have faced pressure to scan iCloud content, but have afaik refused https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/victory-apple-commits-encrypting-icloud-and-drops-phone-scanning-plans

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

I consider both of those mixed bags. Apple said the right things, but in the first case the FBI got in anyways (implying there was either a back door or it wasn't secure in the first place), and the second one says they "dropped plans".

But it is an area where ambiguity might still be a step up from how other companies handle law enforcement requests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Since it’s all proprietary and locked down they can say anything and do something else.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-secretly-giving-governments-push-notification-data/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Our money and time is our real vote. My vote is " Don't give money to apple". There are enough and great alternatives.