I 100% get where you’re coming from, but for me it’s a matter of philosophy. I don’t believe Apple’s software or hardware is mine even if I buy it, so I’m not going to buy it. I’m not going to fund what I personally believe to be exploitation of users. We see Apple’s exploitation in the way they restrict what goes on the app store to minimise competition with their software; this hurts the user. Publishing new apps on Apple is tough, and has some expensive barriers to entry. Finding let alone compiling and installing free software is really tough on iOS so you are forced to use whatever is on the app store and often this is NOT privacy respecting.
I also think privacy and security are extremely different concepts. It’s frustrating when people put them together. Android is pretty secure, but with Google it’s the opposite of private. I think there are many ways in which Android is more convenient, from the variation and choice of phones to the larger number of apps.
Ultimately big tech companies including Apple can make lots of money from your data. iOS, for example Siri, is sending all your data to Apple and they benefit from it. Yes, maybe like Google they don’t make money from using the data for advertising, so it hurts less, but knowledge is power in any situation, and we can only take their word for how they use our data.
The next phone I get might well end up being a pinephone if there are some software improvements over the next year or so. We’re certainly getting there but I don’t have the spare cash to spend on a phone I might not use much.
I 100% get where you’re coming from, but for me it’s a matter of philosophy. I don’t believe Apple’s software or hardware is mine even if I buy it, so I’m not going to buy it. I’m not going to fund what I personally believe to be exploitation of users. We see Apple’s exploitation in the way they restrict what goes on the app store to minimise competition with their software; this hurts the user. Publishing new apps on Apple is tough, and has some expensive barriers to entry. Finding let alone compiling and installing free software is really tough on iOS so you are forced to use whatever is on the app store and often this is NOT privacy respecting.
I also think privacy and security are extremely different concepts. It’s frustrating when people put them together. Android is pretty secure, but with Google it’s the opposite of private. I think there are many ways in which Android is more convenient, from the variation and choice of phones to the larger number of apps.
Ultimately big tech companies including Apple can make lots of money from your data. iOS, for example Siri, is sending all your data to Apple and they benefit from it. Yes, maybe like Google they don’t make money from using the data for advertising, so it hurts less, but knowledge is power in any situation, and we can only take their word for how they use our data.
The next phone I get might well end up being a pinephone if there are some software improvements over the next year or so. We’re certainly getting there but I don’t have the spare cash to spend on a phone I might not use much.