Can you explain exactly what personal information they are sharing with folk that you don't want them to? Just because they know that a shopping Web site has been viewed on a certain screen, so an algorithm displays a small similar ad down the side.. it's all encrypted chunks of data, do you think there's a human being reading your mails.
Your terminology of " very very invasive" does conjure up visions of black suited men in shades in 4x4s waiting outside your house etc. A tad seedy implications, when in reality they are an ad company just wanting to sell ads..
Thank you for your excellent response. Safety online is obviously a big concern for all. Take it easy out there.
I think the concerns are justified. Google is different than other companies in how extensive and all-encompassing their data collection is. They know:
I understand you although I personally don't share the feeling. I am aware that Google tracks our search results, indexes our emails etc. This information is used, as you know, for ads targeting.
You don't know? So, you think it was a mistake for Apple to move the release of the iPhone from June to September/October? At worst, they had a four-month period with low sales. And the whole thing (the longer wait between iPhone generations) was forgotten shortly after the 4S was released.
If people switch to PCs just because they had to wait four months longer to get a Mac laptop with a Skylake processor, they are idiots. If people believe that there would be no Skylake MBPs this year at all, they are even bigger idiots. I'd say, good riddance.
We don't have 'a' rumour, we have a barrage of rumours about new MBPs. And what is Cook to say: Don't buy the current MBPs because there will be new ones out in September?
I never really understand this "doom & gloom" outlook with such a successful company as Apple has been over the last decade. So their sales slumped a bit, one cannot realistically expect to see sales and revenue increase forever quarter over quarter. A drop is bound to happen at some point. Granted this being the first drop in 13 years is amazing, but I'd hardly class this first drop as a prelude to such "doom & gloom". Perhaps some of these "critics" have too high of expectation of Apple and like companies.
I agree with you on all points but n. 5 : it seems to me that Google doesn't take very seriously the security on Android, as you can read anywhere there are major flaws that affect a large number of devices (in part because fragmentation, but it's the same). Some people exaggerates saying "new day, new android flaw", but it is not so far from reality. Apple has its flaws but the approval procedure to publish in the store is very safer than the Play Store approval method, and from this iOS the source is not secret , so major flaws can be addressed in time , I think that on this side Apple is more active than Google.
After recording its first quarterly sales decline since 2003 this year, the doom and gloom sentiment surrounding Apple has reemerged. Some critics believe that Apple is doing too many things at once, or wrongly placing its focus on areas like Apple Watch bands rather than its core product lineup.
There is so little about mac's on this site that it should have new name. I don't care about the ios. To closed system for me, I go android. But OSX is a different thing. The site is called macrumors it should be iphonerumors or something with IOS.
The most vocal critics often point towards the state of Apple's current Mac lineup, which is beginning to stagnate. It has been 447 days since the last MacBook Pro release, while the MacBook Air has not been updated beyond a RAM bump in 518 days. Mac mini: 662 days. Mac Pro: 963 days.
Apple's stock also remains down over 13 percent from its 52-week high, and investors perhaps have at least some reason for concern. Rumors suggest, for example, that the next iPhone will be an incremental improvement over the iPhone 6s, with more significant changes not coming until 2017.
In a new Fast Company interview alongside CEO Tim Cook, Apple services chief Eddy Cue acknowledged that technology companies are "only as good as the last thing" they did.Cook admitted that Apple can "sometimes fall short," but indirectly added that the "Apple is doomed" narrative has existed during his entire 18-year span at the company.Fortunately for Cook, he said he doesn't "read all the coverage on Apple that there is," and instead focuses on pushing the company into a future that is bigger and broader. "I want Apple to be here, you know, forever," he said.Earlier this year, Above Avalon analyst Neil Cybart said Apple is on track to spend a record $10 billion on research and development this year, up nearly 30 percent from 2015, and significantly more than the little over $3 billion per year it was spending on R&D just four years ago.
Cybart said the increased spending undoubtedly points towards development of the widely rumored Apple Car, suggesting that the company will pivot into the automobile industry. But if Cook's recent teaser about "great innovation in the pipeline" is any indication, Apple could have other plans in store too.
Apple Maps and Public Beta Testing
One other interesting anecdote in the wide-ranging interview: Apple Maps is the reason why iOS public beta testing exists.Full-length interview: Playing The Long Game Inside Tim Cook's Apple
Article Link: Apple Says 'You're Only as Good as the Last Thing You Did' Amid Sales Slowdown
I am going to assume you have never done anything illegal in your life, so with that in mind, what specific security concerns do you have that makes you feel less safe?
I have not shifted my argument. It has always been that removing MagSafe (by adding charging to the USB port) in no way requires reducing the number of data ports from three down to one. Maybe you didn't get the sarcasm of my first post on this topic.
