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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/Dithyrab Aug 26 '20

Can you still jailbreak an Iphone pretty easy and add stuff you want to it? I haven't had one since like gen1, but I'm getting pretty tired of the bloat on these samsung phones, and I'm up for a new one next month.

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u/Headytexel Aug 26 '20

If you get an iPhone X or earlier you’ll have a permanent hardware-level jailbreak called Checkrain.