Real question. I would like to know what drives you to hate Apple? (In terms of privacy of course because in terms of price it’s another story).

  • Zak@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Major privacy issues that come to mind include:

    • App store lock-in on iOS combined with terms incompatible with the GPL mean that some of the most privacy-respecting software cannot be distributed for Apple’s mobile devices.
    • Apple proposed, but ultimately did not implement client-side scanning for end-to-end encrypted cloud storage. That such a thing even made it to the public proposal stage shows either incompetence (unlikely) or a lack of serious commitment to privacy (more likely). Apple’s proposal may have emboldened EU regulators who are trying to mandate client-side scanning for encrypted chat apps.
    • Browser engine lock-in on iOS means hardened third-party browsers are unavailable.
    • The popularity of Apple’s platform-exclusive iMessage service in the USA may be hindering adoption of cross-platform encrypted messaging. On the other hand, without it perhaps most of its current users would use SMS, which is obviously worse.