@zackwhittaker unpopular opinion: Apple had that stance only because it's a market differentiator + they did not have the data analytics do otherwise.

@zackwhittaker I am quite sure they will uphold their most cherished value, over-profiting from fools, higher than other, alleged values or principles.

@zackwhittaker It changed my thinking about Vision Pro (which was somewhere along the lines of "useless and expensive") when I heard from blind people who were able to use it to cook from a recipe. I can't read the article -- not a Bloomberg subscriber. However, I can imagine ways that this could work with privacy preservation: E.g., if facial recognition only worked for people in mutual contact lists. That might be really helpful as an assistive device? I am not saying "give Apple the benefit of the doubt." They burned that when they banned the ICE reporting apps. But I can think of a way that it could work and respect privacy.

@zackwhittaker Like all other companies they mean the privacy of their paying customers.

@zackwhittaker 😖 Ugh! I'm so tired of this! Why?! We could have nice things!

@zackwhittaker Apple is a corporation and as such, doesn't have a stance, that was a marketing slogan. No more.

@zackwhittaker At the top, the only driver is "line go up".

Screw those principles, if the lounge doesn't go up they have other ones in a filling cabinet.

@zackwhittaker it is a fundamental right! They’re the only big tech company that doesn’t seem to poorly handle personal data. Are Google and Meta any better when it comes to data privacy?