News Apple tells over a billion iPhone users to stop using Chrome — here’s why

[admin]

Apple’s latest scary attack ad takes a rather blatant shot at Google’s browser for the ton of tracking cookies it uses — claiming that Safari is “a browser that’s actually private.”

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[ViceKnightTA]

As much as I hate Apple, and as true as these claims about Chrome are...it begs the question...WHO are people afraid of being watched by and for what? If you have nothing to hide, you really wouldn't have any reason to be afraid of this ad right?

What this ad failed to ALSO mention is that most 3rd party trusted antivirus companies package VPN and browser cleaning into their apps, which works well enough to keep you safe and secure from the no-good do-ers.

For everyone else there's Firefox.

Whats more scary is a proprietary company trying to lock you into their version of a 'safe haven' and discouraging or even preventing you from using any other 3rd party software you want to use. Never understood how people are willing to compromise that and then also buy into this reverse scare-tactic Apple is using.

I don't have to use Chrome on my Android. But Apple users, guess what, there might come a time when the only browser they'll allow you to use is Safari, and they don't need a commercial for that. Food for thought!

 

[SirWolf2018]

If you have nothing to hide, you really wouldn't have any reason to be afraid of this ad right?

Only those people say "I have nothing to hide" who don't see how their freedom can be limited. See videos on YouTube like «Why Online Privacy Matters Even If You Have “Nothing To Hide”».

*Edit:* But I agree that privacy is a difficult thing on every platform.

 

[pyronaut]

I don't have to use Chrome on my Android. But Apple users, guess what, there might come a time when the only browser they'll allow you to use is Safari, and they don't need a commercial for that. Food for thought!

Didn't they already only allow you to use Safari on iPhone up until recently?

 

[RJStanford]

It's definitely worth remembering that Google remains fundamentally an advertising company, and chooses to pour vast amounts of money into developing Chrome and giving it away. The notion that they'd prioritize their users over their customers long-term is somewhat naive -- and their customers absolutely want that ability to track and personalize.

 

[Robidrvr]

I think the biggest thing apple could do to get mobile users onto Safari would be to bring back the Windows version. I'm sure many other cross platform users like myself resist Safari because we want our browsing experience to be synchronized between devices.

 

[ScottRipley]

As much as I hate Apple, and as true as these claims about Chrome are...it begs the question...WHO are people afraid of being watched by and for what? If you have nothing to hide, you really wouldn't have any reason to be afraid of this ad right?

What this ad failed to ALSO mention is that most 3rd party trusted antivirus companies package VPN and browser cleaning into their apps, which works well enough to keep you safe and secure from the no-good do-ers.

For everyone else there's Firefox.

Whats more scary is a proprietary company trying to lock you into their version of a 'safe haven' and discouraging or even preventing you from using any other 3rd party software you want to use. Never understood how people are willing to compromise that and then also buy into this reverse scare-tactic Apple is using.

I don't have to use Chrome on my Android. But Apple users, guess what, there might come a time when the only browser they'll allow you to use is Safari, and they don't need a commercial for that. Food for thought!

The WHOs, WHYs and WHATs are irrelevant in this discussion. Privacy, in principle, is and should be a basic human right. Period. Everything else is hairsplitting at it's best. And to paraphrase someone smarter than most of us, when anyone says there is no reason to be afraid of surveillance as long as you have nothing to hide = there is no reason for freedom of speech, as long as you have nothing to say.

Second: About the AV thing: You are the one that fails to grasp that the vast majority of people don't run 3rd party AV software on their iPhones/Macs/Linux boxes (apart from servers) simply because there is no need to and I won't get into the technical reasons for that as that would be a different and complex discussion. Meanwhile you just have to do it on Android (as you admit also) simply because the Android platform is generally considered much less secure than the iOS one. There is a reason why 99.9% of all mobile malware is found on the Android platform after all!

As for the safe haven thing: What's also scary si the fact that so called open companies trick you into thinking that that so called openness guarantees your safety or anything else for that matter. You say proprietary company as if the alternative Android is really open! If you think so I dare you to show me where is the Android community (who are the community members that take care of this repo and if they are affiliated in any way shape or form with Google), what is the source code of Google Play services and why Google is the only actual company that takes "care" of the Android project and roadmap and where is the community?! As for the actual safe haven thing, again...please understand Apple built a rather safe approach to mobile devices and that is why most of the malicious actors out there are targeting the alternative, a fragmented total mess. The safe haven thing is very much real and not something scoff at on the grounds of 'open' vs proprietary.

As for your last remark, I gotta say thank you for your care but it's unwarranted and based on nothing. Android users always displayed such care towards the other side, meanwhile they are the ones that forget that when Apple crosses the line, the public opinion always pushes back and sets them straight (for example like in the case of on device scan/detection for CSAM) meanwhile the same cannot be said about Google and in particular Android project.

 

[ScottRipley]

I think the biggest thing apple could do to get mobile users onto Safari would be to bring back the Windows version. I'm sure many other cross platform users like myself resist Safari because we want our browsing experience to be synchronized between devices.

Not going to happen!

As someone else perfectly put it:


Safari for Windows launched in 2007, a few months after the iPhone. It's purpose was: for devs to test their mobile web apps, test rendering for Mac users, maybe convince some PC users to switch.
PC users overwhelmingly hated it or were indifferent, they weren't swaying anyone with this thing.
After the native App Store (2008), after the rise of Google Chrome (2008), after iPhone had gained enough market share for executives to be demanding their IT departments ensure compatibility with MobileSafari (and by extension Mac Safari), it simply wasn't needed anymore and they canceled Safari for Windows in 2012.

 

[ScottRipley]

Didn't they already only allow you to use Safari on iPhone up until recently?

Yeah....not really!

Apple has allowed third-party browsers on the iOS platform since the release of the App Store in July 2008.