All the things she said.

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All the things she said.
1 anno fa

Omg. How do I uninstall this and never ever ever let Starlink near my iphone? #Apple #nazis #help

Apple’s New ‘Game Changer’ iPhone Update Brings Starlink Satellite Access

Apple has been “secretly working” with SpaceX and the result is that the latest iOS software update means iPhones can access Starlink.

^{David Phelan (Forbes)}

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highvoltage

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If you're using an iPhone, you already have much larger problems.

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All the things she said.

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@highvoltage

I don’t know what that means.

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highvoltage

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Apple is an *extremely* toxic company that abuses their users in many different ways, and in these times it's just going to get a lot worse.

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@highvoltage
eagerly awaiting your list of alternative smartphone manufacturers and mobile OS authors who consistently respect and protect their users and make widely-accessible, comparably-functional products.

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highvoltage

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You're not alone, phone's are a privacy nightmare. I use a de-googlified Android phone (and sync to my own server using Nextcloud). For technical/convenience reasons, obviously not a good solution for everyone. But that doesn't change the fact that Apple is about the worst of the worst when it comes to abusing copyright/IP, collecting data on their users, using data against their users, etc.

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jgys

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@highvoltage syncing to one’s own server (using nextcloud or anything else) might reduce avenues for corporate surveillance, but it creates a whole new set of attack surfaces that are now your responsibility. Maybe it’s the right choice for you, but to me it seems like getting out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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highvoltage

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Oh yeah as I alluded to before, it works great for me and I know how to maintain services, but I'm not pushing it or recommending it to anyone for exactly the reasons you mention.

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jgys

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@highvoltage as for Apple being “the worst,” I hope you don’t take this as sealioning, but can you point to your sources?

My impression has been that Apple has been (relative to the mainstream alternatives, anyway) fairly well-regarded in terms of privacy and security for their users, in part because of the walled garden thing, whatever its other downsides.

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highvoltage

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Heh, I used to have a very good YouTube playlist for this that contained some great videos on the topic (Louis Rossman famously covers many of Apple's biggest problems), but no, I don't see it as sealioning, I think more people should ask about it and talk about it because the issues are huge and severe. I think I'll go ahead and make a web page dedicated to this rather than rely on YouTube for a playlist and pass it on!

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jgys

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@highvoltage isn’t Louis Rossman’s main gripe about right to repair? Apple’s definitely a bad actor in this respect, but I don’t know if that makes using their devices a bad choice for a typical consumer.

I’d agree that protecting right to repair has good second-order effects for consumers, but I suspect that most consumers considering an iPhone would, in the event that it broke, either replace it or go to Apple for repairs, so maybe not a bad choice for them individually.

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highvoltage

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He was one of the people at the forefront of right to repair, so yes it's one of his main issues with Apple, but far from the only or even most important one. He also dives deep into quality issues (which doesn't make Apple evil per sé), but he also delves into how Apple screws over their service centers, employees and users. Also in particular he focusses on how they abuse IP rights to avoid importing of used parts.

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highvoltage

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For example, if you import a used Apple part (like a display) from China, this is considered counterfit the same way that you would import fake clothing to sell. Your goods will be seized and you can face criminal liability. But, that's just some of the things Louis covers, there's also a lot that he doesn't.

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friendica (DFRN) - Collegamento all'originale

Elena ``of Valhalla''

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@jgys @highvoltage @LA Legault 🇨🇦 Feb.27th 🗳️ maybe fairphone? And I believe by default it runs a degooglified android that is a reasonable compromise.

Personally I use a pinephone with mobian and it works just fine for my needs. but that option isn't exactly ready for everybody.

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highvoltage

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' 1 anno fa

Well yeah I'm a technical person so that's solved for me, but the problem is with that last part in that it's really not yet a solution for everybody. And if 95%+ people are mass surveilled, then effectively everyone is.

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Elena ``of Valhalla''

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@highvoltage yeah, I think that for most people a degooglified fairphone is a significantly more reasonable compromise

and I thought that was enough to protect from at least some mass surveillance, is that false?

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