Time to start de-Appling

Post by mistercheph » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 9:37 AM UTC

sethherr wrote: post #255

zmmmmm wrote: post #227

I know this is a tangent but honestly, this is why the Google decision to de-openify Android is insane even from Google's point of view. Who would want to be an iron clad gate keeper when the world is descending into authoritarianism? You just paint a giant target on your back for the authoritarians to come after. If Apple had supported open iCloud alternatives for backup and other services from day one, it woudn't e…

I think the fact that Apple is having to fight this fight is evidence of why they were right to make a secure walled garden. I don’t know of any other service I would recommend my mother use for securely backing up her phone. I think the UK is ultimately going to roll back this law. I don’t think this means that iCloud E2E is hostile to Apple or its users. I think Apple is going to win. The war isn’t won by telling p…

Post by pjc50 » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 9:44 AM UTC

sargun wrote: post #193

ebbi wrote: post #157

Taking inspiration from the East India Company, Apple should colonize the UK and take over the government - the iGovernment, if you will. Citizens will regain their right to e2ee privacy, they will not have to deal with voting for mediocre politicians to lead them. Instead, Tim Cook will be their new leader, and every morning over the mandatory installation of HomePods in each home, citizens will be greeted with an e…

I have wondered why the likes of McKinsey, KPMG, and PWC do not put up candidates (don't even sponsor them, just say you're electing _well known consultancy_).

Post by neilalexander » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 9:54 AM UTC

webdevver wrote: post #167

iwontberude wrote: post #6

Wouldn’t it be easier to just move away from the UK? (I jest, but actually…)

nobody is going to stop you leaving the UK. its entering another country that suddenly becomes a real problem, and ofcourse, if you're in the UK, the only country worth moving to at that point is the US with (as I understand) quite stringent immigration restrictions. in reality, if the US were to open their doors to the UK, holy moly - this entire country would turn into Ukraine overnight, with nobody but pensioners…

Post by rootlocus » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 10:08 AM UTC

jimmydorry wrote: post #324

rootlocus wrote: post #307

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I fail to see the point you're trying to make or the argumentative process by which you're trying to make it. Consider this: the current administration has received gifts from private corporations in return for more lenient tariffs. Or consider the amount of law projects passed through congress directly from large corporations with their logo still on the paper. And this is just the blatant tip of the iceberg the cur…

I don't particularly subscribe to any ideology that puts companies above people, but it isn't hard to see things from GP's point of view. Before shooting the messenger, it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. >Consider this: the current administration has received gifts from private corporations in return for more lenient tariffs Who better understands where capital…

Post by immibis » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 10:26 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #234

vkou wrote: post #79

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You're asking for a monkey's paw. The current ruling party in the US has given its voters exactly what they think they wanted, and it's a fucking disaster.

My day-to-day life has never been impacted by who is in the White House. Where is the disaster?