You can de-Google an Android phone with a custom ROM and have a phone that you have control over and know nobody is spying on you by running a firewall on the phone.
Actually, you can, with Lockdown for iOS or Lulu for macOS. There are other alternatives available, these are just a pair of FOSS examples. You can totally block *.apple.com if you really want to.
It’s not quite the same though. With a custom android ROM, you can be pretty confident that everything kernel-and-up is not spying on you. On iOS and macOS, you don’t have the same level of verifiability, as the OS could just circumvent any VPN/firewall you might have configured. They might pinky promise not to, but without running another external firewall it’s not really verifiable.
None of these “Apple bad” types read anything beyond the headline.
Nowadays, anything remotely outrageous or negative is very hastily construed to be “Apple bad, duh” without a second thought. We legitimately can’t have genuine, thoughtful criticism of these companies anymore.
Did you read the article? It says the federal government compelled Apple to comply and gave them a gag order.
You can de-Google an Android phone with a custom ROM and have a phone that you have control over and know nobody is spying on you by running a firewall on the phone.
Can’t do that on an Apple.
Actually, you can, with Lockdown for iOS or Lulu for macOS. There are other alternatives available, these are just a pair of FOSS examples. You can totally block *.apple.com if you really want to.
It’s not quite the same though. With a custom android ROM, you can be pretty confident that everything kernel-and-up is not spying on you. On iOS and macOS, you don’t have the same level of verifiability, as the OS could just circumvent any VPN/firewall you might have configured. They might pinky promise not to, but without running another external firewall it’s not really verifiable.
Which means Apple can’t be trusted. My data stays local.
None of these “Apple bad” types read anything beyond the headline.
Nowadays, anything remotely outrageous or negative is very hastily construed to be “Apple bad, duh” without a second thought. We legitimately can’t have genuine, thoughtful criticism of these companies anymore.