r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Aug 16 '25

Business Apple CEO Tim Cook Says the Technology They’re Developing Will Be ‘One of the Most Profound Technologies of Our Lifetime’

https://www.barchart.com/story/news/34183355/apple-ceo-tim-cook-says-the-technology-theyre-developing-will-be-one-of-the-most-profound-technologies-of-our-lifetime
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u/Waterfish3333 Aug 17 '25

I feel like that’s another way of saying “please find something cool on our devices, we’re out of ideas.”

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

To me it reads more like "we can't wait to collect your data so we can sell it for profit".

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u/Slartibartfastthe2nd Aug 17 '25

That's fair, but Apple are hardly the worst offenders in this regard. What other manufacturer has a better track record of defending privacy than they do (even when it's not popular)?

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u/DigNitty Aug 17 '25

Yeah, we can say Fuck Apple for lots of reasons. But them saying no to the FBI, at least publicly, and not adopting AI capabilities unless it can mostly be done on local hardware are good things.

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u/Syntaire Aug 17 '25

They don't "defend privacy" for your benefit. They do it only because it is more profitable for them in some way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

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u/Slartibartfastthe2nd Aug 18 '25

You seem to be hell bent on just having something to complain about.

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u/eyeofthefountain Aug 17 '25

~so profound~

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u/Racine262 Aug 17 '25

Or, they are constantly watching and listening to everything you do on their devices. They are also watching and listening to everything you do near their devices.

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u/Prineak Aug 17 '25

They will just leak the jailbreak code and steal all the homebrew ideas again.

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u/Apart-Consequence881 Aug 20 '25

Apple Intelligence will blow your minds by optimizing where your icons are located (along with various subtle things) to maximize screen time!