Reasons not to use Apple: Stallman \ stacker news ~security

Reasons not to use Apple: Stallman stallman.org/apple.html

1717 sats \ 33 comments \ @Roll 14 Apr security

So much content & evidence available in that list. Hard not to take notice.

I did a write-up on SN last month titled Apple - love it or hate it? My biggest takeaway was how China may be using device-info to absorb user data, rather than what is stored in the cloud (which U.S. has relied upon to date). This data sharing is common across many companies however, so I don't think any corporation is going to have our interests at heart. It's up to us to help ourselves and use more private alternatives, if we desire them.

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141 sats \ 17 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr

Tax avoidance

LOL that is not a reason. EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THAT. Never thought that Stallman is a "tax defendooor" 😂😂😂😂

12 sats \ 16 replies \ @om 14 Apr

Stallman is strongly left politically. "T" in GNU Taler stands for taxable.

210 sats \ 13 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr

Then.. .fuck Stallman I hate commies.

41 sats \ 12 replies \ @om 14 Apr

Stallman made a lot of correct predictions and did a lot of useful things. I respect him for his contributions even though he's among my political opponents.

200 sats \ 11 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr

Any commie have nor respect from me. I survived 20 years of communism, I know very well what am I talking. Commies are a disease, no matter how nice they talk.

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @om 14 Apr

Is Anita Posch also a disease?

200 sats \ 9 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr

If she defend taxation and any other commie crap, then YES. Who wants all that crap, I invite them to live in a communist regime for at least 1-5 years. Then we can talk again.

100 sats \ 8 replies \ @om 14 Apr

You're making the fundamental commie mental operation, "collective responsibility": this person is somewhat like that group of people and that group did something bad therefore this person is also bad. Don't be a commie, don't subscribe to collective responsibility. Neither Stallman nor Posch want to put you into a gulag, and Stallman probably significantly contributed to us not getting there.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @dgy 14 Apr

I guess he also never understood why anarchists like FOSS.

The word free is quite messed up in the English language. He rightly distinguishes between free as in free beer from free as in freedom, but free might also include free from governments and oppressive rulership.

In his mind big cooperation are evil but Western democracy are not. However big cooperation not really serving customers anymore are not possible without the latter (also called fascism). That is missing in his considerations.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr

Many people are confusing "freedom" with liberty".

Freedom means this:

Meanwhile liberty means practically a privilege for citizens. Only sovereign individuals can have freedom. Citizens have "liberties" aka priviliges.

129 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter 14 Apr

Now I'm confused. I need a good phone and first I thought of buying a Pixel but this #499445 post made me explore other options. And then I decided for iPhone but after reading this I'm thinking that it would be worse than pixel.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @teemupleb 14 Apr

If you can afford 2 phones: maybe iPhone for your "normie" stuff (things that are not the end of the world if your privacy leaks.. ) and a Pixel with Graphene or Calyx OS for Bitcoin wallets and other subversive things..

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Apr

Agree

I use two phones currently but both iPhone. The older one I use mainly as an iPod

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @MarsIronPI 14 Apr

What are your requirements, exactly? Have you looked at the Pinephone?

Sent from my Pinephone.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 14 Apr

Thanks for the suggestion. Let me explore it. In my country Amazon has it? No it doesn't sell and I can't find any links for this product. Definitely it's not sold in India.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MarsIronPI 14 Apr

Pine64 is the manufacturer. I bought mine directly from them. I don’t know where they can ship to, though.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 14 Apr

A long list...

No more apple for me

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 14 Apr

Stallman was always right. What is he up to now?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AmadeusK525 14 Apr

Unfortunately their M series are unrivaled in laptop quality, as far as my experience goes. Excellent builds, incredible performance, long battery life... does anyone know of an alternative? I was actually thinking about buying one for personal use but yeah, always reluctant to get into Apple

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 14 Apr

Yikes! Was considering an iPhone 14 or 15 upgrade

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 14 Apr

Stallman definitely not talking about apples that grow on tress? 🍎🍎🍎

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zenul_Abidin 14 Apr

People like Richard Stallman and many of the early Linux figures have largely become irrelevant over the last 30 years. I'm going to miss the nostalgia.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 14 Apr

Apple, strong hardware with crappy Orwellian software, run second hand Macbooks on Linux and swap your iphone for a Pixel/Graphene OS (and you'll make money doing so)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 14 Apr

Apple is detestable. It always has been and always will be. What really gets me is all the stupid dongles they make for their products.