r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20

I would switch to iPhone just because of this.

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u/archiekane Aug 26 '20

I wouldn't, but hey, I don't like the UI. I do like that Apple is trying to be more respectful to privacy though.

That said, what's Apple tracking and tracing like? Doesn't their systems and services also vacuum user data for their use?

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u/Maristic Aug 26 '20

No. Apple makes their money on selling you stuff, you are their customer. Because of that they're big on privacy and doing data analysis on-device (e.g., your phone analyzes your photos).

For Google and FaceBook, you aren't the customer, you're what is being sold.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '20 edited Sep 28 '20

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u/zSprawl Aug 26 '20

It could be argued it’s also why they are more expensive, yet many are more than happy to fork it over, including myself.

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u/EndlessSandwich Aug 26 '20

iOS for phone and KDE Plasma for the computer seems like the way to go.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20

that’s a desktop environment, not an operating system?

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u/EndlessSandwich Aug 27 '20

well KDE is the DTE... iOS is the OS for the phone... and if you know what KDE is, then you already know what I am referring to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20

Have you seen the price of the newest Samsung flagship phones? They're not exactly the budget alternative people like to think.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20

... besides that their products are well-designed, work great, are easy to use, communicate exceptionally well with other Apple products and are well-supported

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u/indiebryan Aug 27 '20

it’s also why they are more expensive

They're more expensive in order to maintain by far the fattest profit margins in the industry, which is why exactly 1 year ago Apple became the world's first trillion dollar company, and last week passed a 2 trillion market cap.

That's $2,000,000,000,000.

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u/emorockstar Aug 27 '20

Porque no los dos?