As someone who in an earlier era self-described as an unapologetic Apple fanboy, I’m surprised by how quickly and comprehensively they have flushed all that good will away. I was already critical of their increasingly visionless product strategy. And I had already tired of the repetitive, self-absorbed marketing. But, to see them capitulate to a fascist party on several symbolic points is too much. If they’re willing to fold on trivia like the Gulf of Mexico (in Maps), and fold on problematic platforms like Musk’s Twitter, then I have to assume every claim they make, (like their commitment to privacy) is equally hollow. JFC, I hate Apple so much.
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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I hear you. Its painful to behold and feels like the end of en era. I think my old glasses tinted everything rose.
I got my first iPhone in 2009. A 3GS. Since then I've had a 4S, 5, 6, XR, and 13 mini.
Two weeks ago I took delivery of a Google Pixel 9, onto which I immediately put de-Googled GrapheneOS.
16 years of iPhones, 18 years of Macs. My primary Mac is a 15" M2 Air, which, as soon as Apple drop macOS support for, will be getting Asahi and that'll be that. Apple are probably the least surprising, but certainly the most disappointing to me.
I just can't deal with big corps any more. They're all shithouse. All of them. Bit by bit I'm learning how to self host a bunch of tools that until now I've been paying for.
I have an m1 air that's been pretty good to me, although in some obscure cases the x86 emulation fails and I get a segfault but all overlookable for the battery.
I think im going to pick up a thinkpad or something similar and run mint like a noob pretty soon.
Ever since ditching reddit and coming here I have degoogled my phone significantly and started using more FOSS and it feels good to be actually doing something other than complaining.
Im not all the way there, but actually taking action feels so good. Gonna ditch LinkedIn as soon as i get a tech job
It was easy to figure out that their marketing around privacy was complete bullshit. If you read their privacy policy (the current one or say one from ~10 years ago), it's pretty clear they give themselves the right to collect everything and do whatever they feel like with your data. Sure, it's all couched in comforting sounding language, but that's just a ruse.
They also state your sensitive data "can not be read by Apple"... That's the kind of legalese that implies the surveillance state (anyone they grant access) can absolutely read your sensitive data.
@WhatAmLemmy @Alphane_Moon it’s a searchable and well-known fact that about 10,000 times the government of the Netherlands asked Apple to handover the keys of a specific iCloud account. It’s also searchable in the database of the Dutch government in about 6600 cases per year(!) Apple does hand over these keys. In about 3000 cases Apple refuses to do so.
Boooooo
I’m eating crow on this one. It’s time for Tim Apple to retire.
Apple Endorses Nazis
FTFY
Did they lose the lawsuit?
Apple has had their arm twisted by the goon squad. That is all.
Kiss the ring or wake up with horse head in your bed.
This was very disappointing to see
Apple doesn't appear to stand for many of the things they used to (or at least I guess what I thought they maybe stood for)
It feels like so much of their marketing of values is just that ... marketing
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I can see why they were not before with the lack of an appropriate level of nazis content to befit apple devices. Im stating to think they will go the way of tesla. Would be funny if iphones and apple laptops became a redneck thing and city folks were putting lables on their laptops saying they bought them before.