[ArchStanton]

I can imagine the advertising value of watching for depression and cognitive decline. In the latter case, you could probably sell a dozen extended warranties for the same item.

EZ prediction of the day.

Combine depression, cognitive decline, anger, etc. values against a database of gun owners (picked up through registration, social media posts, ATF background checks, etc.). Send police to house when some crossover point is hit. It's for the children.

[lostlogin]

We need a name for the equivalent of Godwin’s Law for the hypothetical situation which gets stretched then ends with ‘they want to take my guns’.

[sofixa]

Absolutely agree. lostlogin's law?

[bserge]

Funny how that sounds more plausible than them selling mental healthcare services. Those are extremely hard to get. Have a doctor actually help you? Nah, police raid.

I'm speaking as a second class European with experience in Belgium, UK and Germany.

[laurent92]

Same. Who needs an app to tell you that you’re depressed? Memes are writing themselves. Imagine your government mandating stay-home orders, having lost most friends, craving Youtube content, ruminating about previous experiences, and your phone popping up a message saying “That’s it. You’re suicidal. Here are friends you can call.” and the list shows up empty. Or there’s your ex, the local pizza service and your late parents.

When people are depressed, they tend to know it. (but the sibling comments say it may be good to point a maniac episode for a bipolar person).

[sneak]

This is precisely why there isn't a central database of gun owners in the USA.

Some states have even banned the keeping of identifying data in purchase records at the individual stores, too.

[ashtonkem]

Never mind all the states that allow private transfer without a FFL.

[BoorishBears]

Or maybe detect people who might be unstable through paranoid ramblings about how Apple is out to get gun owners before they can "take a stand against the tyranny".

Probably less work and marginally more fruitful.

[ArchStanton]

I'll improve that...

...detect people who might be unstable through paranoid ramblings about how Apple is out to _fill_in_the_blank_.

The spice must flow to keep those stock options in Cupertino rising.

[BoorishBears]

Why do I get the impression this is an attempt at being mysterious because "can't openly state something that's wrongthink!"

When really no one would consider what you're vaguely implying "wrongthink" or inflammatory at all. They'd probably just consider it "normal wrong" and poorly supported by reality...

[ArchStanton]

No mystery. You can simply make the claim that Apple would detect anything that's anti-Apple. Why not? It isn't like that the company has anything approaching morality, aside from perhaps the occasional craziness from the worker-drones there.