{"id":8849,"date":"2020-05-08T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2020-06-01T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:46:16","slug":"read-meat-friday-iphones-and-sanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=8849","title":{"rendered":"Red Meat Friday: iPhones and Sanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, I wrote about<\/a> Aaron Ogle\u2019s experience in de-Googling his workflow<\/a>. Although I didn\u2019t mention it, he wrote that part of his de-Googling efforts were to replace his Android phone with an iPhone. It was, he said\u2014undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek\u2014an insane decision that probably cost him 99% of his readers. I thought at the time it was an odd thing to say.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a paid up member of the Apple Cult so suspicions about my objectivity are warranted but I just can\u2019t see Ogle\u2019s point. A case can be made, I think, that iPhones are technically superior even though on any given feature the iPhones and Android phones often trade places for top billing. But put that aside: No reasonable person can doubt Apple\u2019s story on security and privacy is better. The point of Ogle\u2019s journey was to increase his privacy, which is why I don\u2019t understand his remarks on the iPhone.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m bringing this up now because of this horrifying story on \u201cXiaomi Recording Millions Of People\u2019s \u2018Private\u2019 Web And Phone Use<\/a>.\u201d Xiaomi, for its part, isn\u2019t the least bit repentant. When they\u2019re not flat out denying the charges\u2014despite overwhelming, documented evidence\u2014their attitude pretty much boils down to \u201cso what?\u201d You can mock Apple all you want but you know this wouldn\u2019t be happening with the iPhone.<\/p>\n

Sure, iPhones like every computer based product have bugs that occasionally lead to data leaks but with Apple, it\u2019s a bug<\/i> not a feature. Arguably, if you\u2019re concerned about privacy, you shouldn\u2019t have a smartphone at all. I wouldn\u2019t go that far\u2014you all know how I love and depend on my iPhone\u2014but one thing for sure, if you care about your privacy, you shouldn\u2019t have an Android phone and you certainly shouldn\u2019t have any phone or software developed by Xiaomi.<\/p>\n

Editorial Afterword<\/b>:
\nAfter I wrote this but before I published it, Josh Rollins commented<\/a> on my original post that replacing the Android phone would be the hardest part of de-Googling. If I read his comment correctly, he thinks there\u2019s no replacement for the Android and its ecosystem. That goes to show that even though I think the iPhone and its ecosystem is obviously<\/i> superior (a no-brainer, really) reasonable people can disagree. Of course, that\u2019s what Red Meat Fridays are for.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/b> [2020-05-09 Sat 11:54]<\/span><\/span>: should \u2192 shouldn\u2019t<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/b> [2020-06-01 Mon 12:45]<\/span><\/span>: Read \u2192 Red<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other day, I wrote about Aaron Ogle\u2019s experience in de-Googling his workflow. Although I didn\u2019t mention it, he wrote that part of his de-Googling efforts were to replace his Android phone with an iPhone. It was, he said\u2014undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek\u2014an … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[21,37],"class_list":["post-8849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-apple","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8909,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849\/revisions\/8909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}