The fact of the matter is that computers offer myriad ways to compromise your life and behave maliciously, and avoiding that is a tall challenge for any company. Apple is trying it their way, and you can try it yours. But to call it Stockholm Syndrome is an unfortunate take on these efforts.
We at HN like to hold ourselves apart from other communities, but is merely an echo chamber for what gp refers to.
Alright, let's not call it Stockholm syndrome. A "collective hypocrisy" would be more appropriate.
Apple is so awesome, they have already come up with the perfect phrase you can use to describe them. It's "Reality distortion field".
You mean this level of discourse?
>The privacy squad mobilised on this one - in fact, one blog post recieved a lot of attention for decrying such systems with the dogwhistle "you no longer own your computer!"
If that very basic thing needs to be spelt out, I'm not sure how any discussion is possible...