As of 2022-04-30, this webpage will likely contain a lie:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491
Published 2021-04-30:
"In addition, over the the next year we will introduce several changes to our security checks:
A new encrypted protocol for Developer ID certificate revocation checks"
It's 2022-02-11 and so far this encrypted OCSP promise has not been kept.
@aaron apple goes to very significant lengths to not post factually untrue things on their website.
this is obviously one of their values that they take more seriously than most. "every company lies" is not a useful, informative, or actionable statement.
But the point I want to make is that it is our society - the trade environment that pushes companies to lie. So even if it seems they care about their "users" they probably do not.
Here's a study about the violations of any privacy laws from both apple and google: arxiv.org/abs/2109.13722
here's also an article from Netzpolitik.org:
netzpolitik.org/2022/apple-dat…
@aaron society pushes humans to lie, cheat, and steal. many companies do not lie, probably *most* companies. please take the blanket anti-company line elsewhere and criticize *these specific half-dozen* companies directly instead of criticizing the millions of companies in the world as one.
With my first statement (and yes I know that was a bit exaggerated) I just wanted to say that one should always be critical if any company claims anything, as they are forced to put profit first because of our trade-based society.
But there are many people out there who work on honest goods/services: www.directory.trade-free.org/ and I want to appreciate the work of all volunteers out there. I'm using a linux operating system and I am amazed everyday by the work that millions of people put into that!
@aaron trade is a human desire and you can't blame "trade" for things humans decide to do. trade improves human lives vastly and it's not a bad thing and it doesn't push anyone to lie, cheat, or steal - this is a fallacy pushed by anticapitalists. you should be critical of any *human* claiming anything, because companies cannot speak or make claims - only human beings can.
Apple also has to pay its employees, some taxes, offices, rents, their CEO's and so forth. We cannot be naive to think that this entanglement is not highly influential in a negative manner.
most people who are dishonest in business go out of business
Maybe you meant to say "most people who are HONEST in business go out of business"? You mean most businesses are honest? Facebook? Amazon? Microsoft? Apple? The Supermarket in your area?