“Ask: how do companies make money…follow the money.” You are not our product says @tim_cook
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Yes, they’re a closed/proprietary ecosystem but don’t mistake that for having the same business model as Google, Facebook, etc.
The difference is that if Google stopped spying on people, they’d go bankrupt tomorrow. Apple don’t have to and wouldn’t miss a beat.
Apple’s competitive advantage over Microsoft was user experience; it’s competitive advantage over Google is privacy. Will prove as pivotal.
And UX and privacy are intimately related.
A spyware company like Google has to design for two audiences with orthogonal needs—that’s a huge UX handicap compared to designing for one.
@aral So there's no reason to get indiephones when they come out, we should all get iPhones instead? ;)
@arronbarnett Not what I said ;)
We need independent alternatives. But important to understand night/day difference between Apple & Google.
@aral @arronbarnett Besides which I prefer my "trust" to be derived from knowledge of the system/internals rather than leaps of faith.
@aral but this is not a minor problem that can be ignored for a flashy brand toy. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103798/Revealed-Inside-Apples-Chinese-sweatshop-factory-workers-paid-just-1-12-hour.html …
@gKrishnaKS Afaik, they haven’t ignored it. Not defending Apple but that’s a different topic & an important one but not related to my point.
@aral I wasn't talking about 'their' ignoring it, but *we* (people) ignore it.Saw ur point,but isn't that enough reason not to use i-things?
@aral See interview with Tim Cook: „They’d need to carry us out in a box before allowing [backdoors to servers].“ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmm5faI_mLo …
@aral True. No one else infected my phone with an album from tax evading Dutch monomelodicists ;-)
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