My software philosophy:
I would rather buy indie software run by a single dev who has aligned incentives, or use native software built by Apple - a company who are too big and too visible to avoid regulators and scrutiny - than entrust my data and content to startups backed by VCs with a track record of lying, obfuscating, cheating and fucking their own Mothers for a return.
@Daojoan I agree on the aligned incentives bit, but for me it’s less Apple’s size/visibility to regulators than it is their business model.
They’re in the business of selling expensive little glass rectangles for a premium, and they’re exceedingly good at doing just that. Their security/privacy stance is aligned with that goal, and whatever small profit they’d get from selling their customers out would be infinitesimal compared to what they’d risk in iPhone, iPad, and Mac sales.
@Daojoan They’ve been moving toward (paid!) services in recent years, but it’s still a relatively small portion of their overall revenue. So, it’s possible that the calculus on these things could change if hardware revenue is ever eclipsed by that.
But even those services are predicated on selling a ton of expensive glass rectangles, so I think this unlikely any time soon.
One needn’t trust Apple or consider them saintly — just understand their business model and motivations.
JA Westenberg
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