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I think the biggest concern for the average person would be feeling like the promises of Apple privacy would be severely compromised by this, regardless of whether that’s the case.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but apparently all iCloud backups are encrypted? So either Apple was thinking of grabbing an unlock key from somewhere to decrypt before sending you the phone, or they were just going to include an encrypted backup file (or something) that you’d have to enter your password to unlock upon receipt (and then presumably wait for the decrypting).

In this case, I was thinking of how this could be used to legitimize the decision a couple months ago to block the sale of all foreign-made routers.

(The decision is a terrible one, but I imagine MAGA people will use it to say “I told you so” while ignoring the fact that foreign brand Netgear got an exemption and at least temporary monopoly status.)

oh COME ON. The last thing I needed in this jingoistic American economy was any reason to legitimize their crap

How many times could Microsoft slap their users in the face after swearing not to (with K2)? I’ve long lost count. The number is too high though.

As somebody who would not want any corporation to be able to preload my data onto a phone it ships me, which implies it knows exactly what data I have to begin with, it sounds plenty sinister to me. Just swap “Apple” with “Samsung” or “Google” or “Microsoft” or literally any other company.

Touché.

Oh, they don’t - that’s why they don’t talk about CSAM prevention until they have no other choice. Authoritarianism uses “it’s for the children” to justify their motives, but when something authoritarian can’t be excused (like forcing Facebook to promote their propaganda), then they attach something like this as an excuse.

i.e. they don’t care, they just know normal people do.

How is it you’re cranking out hundreds of words per comment, and sometimes nearly a thousand - complete with formatting and illustrations?

And what’s with phrases like this:

Thinks of how to look up some data on this. …

searches

5 day old account and already trolling. Great.

Its not a thought terminating cliche if you didnt cut the next word out

“Of”? I assume you mean the next two words, but not only doesn’t it change anything, I think it makes my response match even better. So I added them to the quote.

Not to be confused with AI “safety” “expert” Eliezer Yudkowsky’s rape fanfic

For whom are they purchasing things?

Actual government propaganda huh

AI is the future of search

Thought terminating cliches are the future of online discourse.

The user experience of AI search is way to good

Search engine companies went out of their way to make normal searches worse, and then introduced AI search to keep you on their sites.

I thought everybody at this point understood enshittification at this point, but if not: of course a project at the first stage of enshittification acts better than a different product at the third stage of it.

If municipalities want to put the “Axon” surveillance cameras, I wouldn’t be opposed.

if people hate AI so much, you’ll see it being gone soon

That’s not how capitalism works. If you genuinely believe in the Invisible Hand Of The Market, you shouldn’t.

And you should know better: just days ago , you were telling people capitalism, not AI, was the real villain, which makes your tone here come across as trollish.

This is what I get when I run a DuckDuckGo search in a private window. Sure doesn’t look separate to me.

No, the act of a company shoving something bad down people’s throats does not prove it’s what they wanted. You should know this.

We have polls that have calculated people’s sentiment. They are sick of AI .

This comment is unnecessarily dismissive and unhelpful.

If people don’t care, then they won’t care if it’s gone either. And that’s the better option.

Exactly my thoughts.

DuckDuckGo (plus AI) enjoys default search engine status on a lot of browsers, and many of them make it difficult to set a custom one (like NoAI). Especially mobile browsers, and apparently even Safari makes it a pain.

(Edited to clarify what I meant by default)