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Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by Kye »

SEJeff wrote: post #131
taf2 wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they or do you just believe that because of what you think you know about the difference between the two companies?

Because Tim Cook, as a homosexual, has teared up when speaking about human rights abuses of homosexual under repressive regimes, and how as the CEO of apple, he will do anything within his power to ensure your data stays safe on apple infra / hw because he personally thinks about it. Can't remember the interview, but it was quite touching actually. He's very clear in shareholder calls / letters and in their privacy p…

"Homosexual" is not strictly offensive, but does mark you as potentially holding regressive views. It's easy enough to see from context that you're probably okay, but you can't always count on context.

You can just say gay.

-- Signed, The Gays

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by ams6110 »

SEJeff wrote: post #131
taf2 wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they or do you just believe that because of what you think you know about the difference between the two companies?

Because Tim Cook, as a homosexual, has teared up when speaking about human rights abuses of homosexual under repressive regimes, and how as the CEO of apple, he will do anything within his power to ensure your data stays safe on apple infra / hw because he personally thinks about it. Can't remember the interview, but it was quite touching actually. He's very clear in shareholder calls / letters and in their privacy p…

Homosexuals don't have some special monopoly on honesty, nor are they immune to using emotional string pulling when they try to get you to believe what they are saying.

The reply would have been better without the first paragraph.

Regardless, Apple do collect lot of personal data. And even if they don't sell it or use it for marketing now, they could still potentially lose control of it, or change their policies down the road.

The safest approach from a privacy perspective is not to collect the data in the first place.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by sveme »

wil421 wrote: post #69
sveme wrote: post #20

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What‘s your country? Using Apple Maps all the time in Germany and found it to be actually better than Google Maps (though with a tendency to reroute around traffic more often than Google Maps used to do).

Is Apple Maps good with public transit? I used Google maps in and around Stuttgart and Munich. It worked extremely well. Google Maps was extremely good with public transport in NYC but Apple Maps was not. Where I live but the Southern US Apple Maps is almost as good as Google Maps. Public Transport isn’t quite as good with Apple maps in my city.

Crap for Munich at least. Just tried it, couldn‘t even find the route between home and work - and both are along major public transport routes. However, I typically use the DB Navigator app for these purposes in Germany. Highly recommended.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

#145

Post by SEJeff »

Kye wrote: post #141
SEJeff wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Tim Cook, as a homosexual, has teared up when speaking about human rights abuses of homosexual under repressive regimes, and how as the CEO of apple, he will do anything within his power to ensure your data stays safe on apple infra / hw because he personally thinks about it. Can't remember the interview, but it was quite touching actually. He's very clear in shareholder calls / letters and in their privacy p…

"Homosexual" is not strictly offensive, but does mark you as potentially holding regressive views. It's easy enough to see from context that you're probably okay, but you can't always count on context. You can just say gay. -- Signed, The Gays

I just assumed it was the PC version, like African American. No offense meant

-- Signed, totally a friend of the Gays

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by ams6110 »

st3fan wrote: post #88
NicoJuicy wrote: post #48

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Or Apple's marketing team lead to a donation to DDG to make it possible

Why does the glass always have to be half empty? Maybe Apple simply was the better choice?

Privacy aside, Apple maps, in my experience, are definitely worse than Google in terms of actually corresponding to reality. Apple Maps navigation also takes me on convoluted routes far more often than Google does.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by nolok »

johnsea wrote: post #135
gowld wrote: post #41

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DDG's main marketing model is talking about how they believe Google is privacy threat, so they'll highlight that angle in any change.

Google _is_ a privacy threat. Completely unrelated to DDG, marketing or believe. One Google with thousand tentacles...

Whether it's true or not doesn't change anything to what the parent comment said.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by [deleted] »

SEJeff wrote: post #145
Kye wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Homosexual" is not strictly offensive, but does mark you as potentially holding regressive views. It's easy enough to see from context that you're probably okay, but you can't always count on context. You can just say gay. -- Signed, The Gays

I just assumed it was the PC version, like African American. No offense meant -- Signed, totally a friend of the Gays

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