Hi 👋 just shared the site with one of my buddies and he told me he doesn’t care much about it because there’s no way you’ll be 100% privacy enforced since you’re using an iPhone and sharing your location, name, birthdate , personal files, photos.

I’ve to say this gets to me but on the other side I’m also respectful of everyone‘s opinion because after all, this is what makes us special

How are you handling these circumstances usually, do you say something?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago
    1. This sort of “all or nothing” nonsense is a fairly common counterargument. The answer is “do what you can”.
    2. Don’t use an iPhone
    3. If you do use an iPhone, you can absolutely limit the amount and type of information Apple has about you.
    4. Apple is not exactly notorious for actually giving anyone your information. Unlike most tech giants, they’re not an advertising service, so don’t have much motive. They’re not the best but much better than, say, Google.
    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      2 is almost as bad as the all or nothing approach. I argue that while Apple is not trustworthy, they are not incentivized to collect every piece of information about you that they can. Conversely, android is an operating system created by an advertising company specifically to ensure an ongoing corner on their market. Asking the average person to use a DeGoogled OS is akin to telling them to switch to OpenBSD on their desktop.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Completely disagree. You can’t use iPhones with anything but iOS. And you can’t install any apps Apple hasn’t put their fucking rubber stamp and collected taxes on. For that reason, it is not and never will be viable. Not to mention being overpriced and disposable.

        Android may be created by an advertising company but they also give you the ability to run whatever OS you want and strip it of Google’s proprietary software completely. These days you can install OS like Graphene by simply plugging in your phone and clicking buttons in your browser.