ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive
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It's not a problem if they just want to make an iOS only app. Your skillset is your skillset. But to push misinformation to justify it is just arrogant.
It seems like the developer is relying on incorrect Apple vs Android stereotypes to market their app, when the truth might be less charitable.
> [..] Apple’s ecosystem allows for push notifications to be sent without requiring us to store any user-identifiable information. This ensures that ICEBlock remains completely anonymous and secure.
So in one case the developer stores the mapping, and in the other case Apple stores the mapping. And that's a good thing?
It takes 1 subpoena to get access to that data from a large company.
There's nothing magical about Apple's services that makes them immune to government requests for data, despite Apple's privacy marketing.
Based on what GrapheneOS shared, Apple forces apps to use their service. [1]. If you're a privacy conscious developer in, say, Switzerland, your data is being forcibly kept on US servers. You dont even have that choice.
According to GrapheneOS, Google gives you that choice with Android. That sounds better for privacy, if you ask me.
[1]: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114789435383593180
But for those not willing to make the tradeoffs that GrapheneOS requires, Apple is probably the better choice IF you happen to trust Apple, or phrased differently - if you want Apple to be the only one spying on you vs. any number of third parties on Android, depending on which apps you install.
As for me, I have no particular love for Apple, despite being entirely in their ecosystem of devices, but I cba to play sysadmin at home and until Google/Android offers the equivalent level of E2EE as Apple's advanced data protection, I'm sticking with iPhone. I could piece together the equivalent myself, but there's something to be said of just having it offered OOTB.