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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 26244" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Re: Apple Loses My Respect</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> No... I don't consider that to be underhanded. I will probably consider it to be annoying, just like I did when websites started customizing advertisements based on my web history... but that was very easy to turn off, no big deal. I would have to assume that any service like this will have to be implemented with a way to opt out. </p><p></p><p> I do enjoy many of the products that Apple makes, and I do believe that as a company they are doing some really interesting stuff, but after all they are a business and as such they exist to make a profit. There is nothing wrong with a company making a profit, and as such they <em>will</em> try new methods and technologies to do so.</p><p></p><p> Expecting a company to be innovative, without ever stepping on your comfort zone, is just close minded in my opinion. Will we like everything they decide to do? ... probably not, but the paradigm shifts they continue to create with their new ideas is worth a bit of occasional discomfort every so often. If they cross the line by too much, we all have the choice not to purchase and not to participate in their programs. </p><p></p><p> *I think that a far bigger security issue currently, is the hundreds of thousands of young high-school and college age kids, who go around constantly using the "check-in" feature of apps such as Facebook. This is something that on a college campus is just plain dangerous. . . telegraphing your movements and social habits to literally anyone that wants to see them. It's only a matter of time before someone takes advantage of this information for real.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 26244, member: 9"] Re: Apple Loses My Respect No... I don't consider that to be underhanded. I will probably consider it to be annoying, just like I did when websites started customizing advertisements based on my web history... but that was very easy to turn off, no big deal. I would have to assume that any service like this will have to be implemented with a way to opt out. I do enjoy many of the products that Apple makes, and I do believe that as a company they are doing some really interesting stuff, but after all they are a business and as such they exist to make a profit. There is nothing wrong with a company making a profit, and as such they [I]will[/I] try new methods and technologies to do so. Expecting a company to be innovative, without ever stepping on your comfort zone, is just close minded in my opinion. Will we like everything they decide to do? ... probably not, but the paradigm shifts they continue to create with their new ideas is worth a bit of occasional discomfort every so often. If they cross the line by too much, we all have the choice not to purchase and not to participate in their programs. *I think that a far bigger security issue currently, is the hundreds of thousands of young high-school and college age kids, who go around constantly using the "check-in" feature of apps such as Facebook. This is something that on a college campus is just plain dangerous. . . telegraphing your movements and social habits to literally anyone that wants to see them. It's only a matter of time before someone takes advantage of this information for real. [/QUOTE]
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