[orbital-decay]

In this very thread you can see really smart technologists largely praising this. Those aren't random Joes, and they have pretty convincing arguments - it really does improve security (and for some people, physical safety). Apple always makes very convincing points and plausible cases which are truly hard to argue against, when it takes away any kind of control from the users for their own good.

This doesn't change the fact that you're being gradually locked up, though.

[dns_snek]

Just to be clear, I don't think security improvements like this are the problem, they're genuinely welcome and appreciated. The problem is when this technology is weaponized against us by removing the escape hatches to stifle our freedoms, but that's a separate independent decision.

GrapheneOS makes similar security improvements, but it doesn't lock the escape hatches or stifle our freedoms. I could still root my device if I wanted to (although this is not recommended) and I can turn exploit protections off and customize the level of enforcement in detail, per-app, if I want/need to.

[johnisgood]

Truth be told, I do not know that much about Apple, I have no clue what their reasonings are, but you have heard of the old and tiring "think of the children" one, for example. Seemingly it seems benign and way too many fall for it, unfortunately. No one wants to seem, or even feel evil about themselves. Can you give me any references to Apple's convincing points I could read about? I wonder if it is something akin to that, or "anti-terrorism". We have to take away your freedom in the name of national security, fighting terrorism, and protecting our children, as it is the case in the political sphere.

[userbinator]

s/smart/authoritarian/