[etamponi]

I am a bit perplexed. Working on bad soil -- okay, that's something to care about.

But: the "whistleblower" works in a software company, in the middle of a AI race, where data is a fundamental part of the equation -- no data, no AI --, and they complain that their employer asks that they provide as much data as they can, *while being payed by such employer*? To be honest I don't get it. Why is this a problem? How is Apple (or any other company) supposed to produce good ML/AI models without data? Mine is a true perplexity, not a rethorical question: why is everyone so worried about this?

[benwad]

I'd argue that, if Apple wants to claim it cares about its users' privacy, it shouldn't be collecting huge amounts of data from users. A company doesn't need to do everything that's profitable all at the same time, and I believe that this will compromise Apple's well-earned image as the privacy-focused hardware and OS maker.

[sgammon]

I don’t think it will compromise that image at all. Siri is locked on your device. Face ID can now protect your drivers license in several states.