@aral Apple? really? ask #Apple how they use sweatshops in China to build products! https://stallman.org/apple.html
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@DigitSign Indeed, not defending that. But let’s also ask the other computer manufacturers we love to run Linux on:http://www.cultofmac.com/144430/apples-factories-are-sweatshops-but-theyre-better-than-competition-says-labor-activist/ … -
@aral I can see you're really a fan. There's nothing wrong with that -BUT they are definitely not a good role models :( -
@DigitSign Not a fanatic, no. But they’re a pragmatic compromise at the moment (see https://ar.al/notes/apple-vs-google-on-privacy-a-tale-of-absolute-competitive-advantage/ …)
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@aral It's very sad. Whole personal medical tech field seem lacking IMO (used to work for a medical Bid Data co). So much opportunity -
@shellbryson It’s a failure of imagination. They’ve been told by the Valley that centralised/data play are the only viable models.
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@aral I'm confused - Philips' play seems more like an Apple style "only what we say interoperates" rather than a Google "break privacy" play
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@thomaswensma Their products are currently centralised & I see them heading down that road. Not something I read somewhere; an observation. -
@aral well it's a sharp observation ;-) I can't say more (legally)
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@aral well, apple is no saint either. Maybe less about privacy, but far from a modelic company -
@sla_shalafi Within a rotten system, they’re at least the ones who have a competitive advantage in privacy & an incentive to protect it. -
@aral the lesser of many evils.
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@aral Philips in general is a very sad case. They used to be a great company, who made great quality products, but now all they make is junkThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Also, most of the Philips products aren't even produced or designed by Philips, the only Philips thing about them is the brand label. -
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