Apple Postpones Jessica Chastain Thriller 'the Savant' Amid Current Events
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Apple has postponed the release of 'The Savant', a thriller starring Jessica Chastain, amid current events, sparking discussion about the film's content and the decision's implications.
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It was very calculated, and not a principled stand like most people would believe. They knew the then government couldnt push them, and they stood to gain the halo effect. "Privacy is human right" followed, and they basked in the glory.
And now .. they know there's going to be a pushback, and Apple tucks their tail like how they did in China for decades.
Apple has always been hypocritical, and now it is on full display to even the most ardent fans.
But their privacy stance is still far better than that of Meta or Google. (I guess I could be wrong and I’d be happy to see a study or something that says that.)
It is an interesting hypothesis to posit that the Trump administration is just calling everyone on their shit and in the case Apple blinked. Or, you could see the Trump administration and he himself for what I think he is trying to be: a king, a despot, and a tyrant and the whole project 2025 retribution cult is just following the play book and attacking woke companies like Apple.
Agreed, but they kind of stumbled into it. I dont know what to think of it. Apple didnt start out with "We believe ad targeting is bad", if that was the case, they would have never let Facebook on the platform.
And they never kicked them off of it, even while constantly saying 'ad targeting is bad'.
With all the control they have on the App Store (and they have showed they are perfectly fine using it when it suits them) arguing about privacy is pure virtue signaling when they allow Facebook and Google just fine. And most of their core services/apps could actually work mostly fine in a web browser so it's not like there would absolutely no way to use them. They could very much have strict requirement on data tracking and basically forbid any app doing it and that would actually make the "managed App Store" pretty good. But they don't, because they would lose a shit ton of money in various ways.
But Apple wants the cake and eats it too. They can't pretend to have principle and just throw them away when it hurts their profit. That's no standard at all but that's how it is. Apple makes pretty good technology but is completely full of shit and I would argue much more than the other usual suspects and that makes them the worse guy actually.