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0 pointskstrauser1y ago0 comments

“Wow, so many of these people neck deep into tech, privacy, and law disagree with me. It must be because they’re all suckers.”

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wraptile1y ago

Despite your snark - you'll never win an argument where trusting a for profit corporation is some sort of win over transparent secure system. Yes Apple might be better of the lesser evils but is this really where us as a privileged class of people who actually understand all this give up and give in? This is sad.

kstrauserOP1y ago

You’ll also never win an argument when assuming that the people you disagree with haven’t thought this through and come up with a different conclusion. The snark is from the implication that we’re either clueless or blind to it. The more likely explanation is that we have different priorities, and that we’re viewing the question from a different angle. That doesn’t make us ignorant or unprincipled, any more than you disagreeing with me makes you naive or unserious.

We have different ideas. That’s all. There’s no need to look down on each other for it.

umanwizard1y ago

There’s not really any transparent secure system that competes with Apple.

vundercind1y ago

Yeah, at this point, for me, it’s “use Apple stuff” or “barely use computers in my personal life”. I did the Linux and (later) Android tinkering thing for a good long while, and I’m over it. Losing all the features and automation and integration I get with no time lost, for a bunch of time consuming and janky DIY that still wouldn’t get me all of it, isn’t something I’ll do these days. I’d just avoid computers.

kstrauserOP1y ago

I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. I lost so much time to screwing around with a million config options. Recompiling with slightly different flags to make things 2% faster. Keeping my system bleeding-edge up to date. All that nonsense was fun but it was a way to avoid getting started on what I was suppose to be doing.

Going back to a Linux desktop would be the end of me. I know it.

newdee1y ago

Same. Aside from a few self hosted services, I use Apple for my phone and work machines because I just want it to fucking work all the time. My parents understand that if they want IT support from me that they must use a Mac or iPhone - because then I rarely have to help them with anything.

The one exception I made recently was to dump Windows and move to a Fedora immutable build after seeing how capable the Steam Deck (and Linux) was for all the games I play. I’ll get shot of that if it causes me grief though - or just stop playing games on my PC.

I just don’t have the energy to mess about with it all these days and Apple is the 2nd best option in lieu of that.

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fsflover1y ago

Define "competes". Sent from my GNU/Linux phone Librem 5.

dingnuts1y ago

Uh, friend, this is still just an internet technology enthusiast forum. Popular opinion here is equally as reliable as Reddit. If you are taking hn upvotes as some kind of expert input, you're in for a rough time.

kstrauserOP1y ago

No argument from me. I was replying to someone who couldn't believe the readers here, "who'd you assume are very tech savvy", didn't agree with their opinions.

jrm41y ago

"Wow, so many of these people disagree with me, it might be because they have a huge dangerous blind spot because of a lack of knowledge and/or experience and/or have trouble seeing things from the outside"

...is a thing I experience on a regular basis (and that I only really gained confidence in once I actually saw the mistakes cause problems, e.g. password managers)

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wraptile1y ago

kstrauserOP1y ago

We have different ideas. That’s all. There’s no need to look down on each other for it.

umanwizard1y ago

There’s not really any transparent secure system that competes with Apple.

vundercind1y ago

kstrauserOP1y ago

Going back to a Linux desktop would be the end of me. I know it.

newdee1y ago

I just don’t have the energy to mess about with it all these days and Apple is the 2nd best option in lieu of that.

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fsflover1y ago

Define "competes". Sent from my GNU/Linux phone Librem 5.

dingnuts1y ago

kstrauserOP1y ago

No argument from me. I was replying to someone who couldn't believe the readers here, "who'd you assume are very tech savvy", didn't agree with their opinions.

jrm41y ago

...is a thing I experience on a regular basis (and that I only really gained confidence in once I actually saw the mistakes cause problems, e.g. password managers)

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