You conflated the two things into one issue. Apple can be a champion for privacy and still make google the default. They are not blocking out the competition. As far as a reasonable person, I agree...any reasonable person that thinks along your lines sees "blatant hypocrisy". Any reasonable person that thinks along my lines doesn't. ("reasonable person" is a persona by the way.
I'm not conflating anything. I'm just not giving a big corporation a pass for being totally hypocritical like you are.
That's your opinion. As I said above, there are two issues and you are conflating them.
No, they are not two issues. If you profess to have values and criticize your competition for not sharing those values, you should not then make a deal with said competition. Otherwise your values are meaningless and just for show, which is basically how I feel about Apple's privacy stance.
Isn't that a bit immature to say on an internet forum?
Not to someone who is being deliberately obtuse.
This is a slogan and not a statement of fact. A slogan is a: "short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising." It is not a statement of absolute truth. I understand, you want to criticize Apple and will do anything to find anything that allows said criticism on an online anonymous internet forum.
So you'd be fine with Coca-Cola says "Drink Coke, it's super healthy!" or Exxon-Mobil saying "Whenever you fill up with our gas, you're saving the planet!"? It seems like you're willing to give a big corporation a pass for anything as long as you like the corporation. I actually don't want to criticize Apple. I've been a customer for 40 years and largely like the company and what it stands for, so check your assumptions. A slogan should be grounded in truth. There's nothing remotely truthful about "what happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone".
Okay, at least you admit this is your anecdotal observation and you don't know the "average user" is, which again is a persona.
You've obviously never worked in tech support. Most users know very little. Why do you think there's an endless line of people looking for help with basic, simple things at the Apple Store? Because there most definitely is an "average user". Again, you're just being obtuse. Anyone who works in tech and works with the public knows exactly what I'm talking about.
It also doesn't mean it was accurate, which I believe it is.Your prior examples don't render the slogan inaccurate.
It's a slogan and not a statement of fact. A slogan is a sound byte.
Or, in this case, a lie.
Nor does it make the slogan deceptive.
Of course it does If you tell me what happens on my iPhone stays on my iPhone and that's not true, you've lied to me.
This is not a throw the baby out with the bathwater discussion. Just because something doesn't fit your sliding definition, doesn't mean Apple isn't striving to do the right thing. Privacy is not a process and not and end-point.
There's no such thing as privacy online.
Apple doesn't use my data to feed me third party ads. With Apple I buy my product, with Google I(we) are the product.
The horror! A targeted ad!
Whatever happened to different strokes for different folks?
I don't care what other people do. If you want to put on your tinfoil hat and spend hours configuring Little Snitch on your Mac (a privacy-focused app that isn't allowed on the App Store, ironically, given how much Apple claims to care about privacy) and obsess over every privacy setting and toggle available, go for it! I just think it's incredibly narcissistic and pointless. But, by all means, I'm fine with people wasting whatever time they want on whatever stupid nonsense they care about.
It's obvious there are semantics, and overall disagreements on everything. The truth of the matter, is that we can put this out into the universe, but it is what it is. If one is hell bent on criticizing Apple on everything, we should be grateful there are alternatives.
On this issue they deserve criticism. If they really care about privacy, then they should get out of bed with Google. They should allow apps like Little Snitch on iOS. They should practice what they preach. Professing to have values and then taking actions that contradict those values is the height of hypocrisy.
