Hi! Just wanting to migrate from big tech and going BuyfromEU. I am trying out Posteo, which does not have an app only web interface. Since I can’t stay logged in on the web I’m using Apple Mail app as a gateway to simplify usage. To my question, is this totally counter productive to my privacy, pro-eu stance? Will apple mail collect my posteo data through the posteo now instead? Previously using outlook.

Thanks in advance!

  • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    73·
    6 days ago

    I’d say that using a Mac/iPhone is totally counterproductive for your pro-EU stance.

    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      Given the cost of replacing one’s phone or computer, being pro-EU in terms of new purchases is far better than doing nothing at all.

      • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        6 days ago

        No one said do nothing. Apple Mail makes escaping, now or later, harder.

        Apple Mail fails to include a libre software license text file, like AGPL. We do not control it, anti-libre software.

    • drspod@lemmy.ml
      41·
      6 days ago

      It depends how technical a user is, whether it’s a realistic goal to move away completely from both Apple and Android smartphones. And if choosing between those two, I would choose Apple as the lesser evil.

      • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        6 days ago

        I disagree. Even for the average user being relegated to the Apple ecosystem is a worse situation than being in Google’s one where you at least have a far broader choice of apps to use as an alternative to the stock ones.

        • drspod@lemmy.ml
          31·
          6 days ago

          Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but to me it’s a no-brainer to choose between the company that sells hardware and the company that sells users to advertisers.

          • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            4·
            6 days ago

            Apple’s business includes advertisement too though. I can agree that it is not Google, but not that it is only a hardware seller.

            • drspod@lemmy.ml
              11·
              6 days ago

              Custom ROMs are obviously the best choice but we’re talking specifically about what advice to give to a non-technical user who isn’t going to unlock their bootloader and flash a custom ROM, nor are they going to be able to use a linux phone or some other alternative that requires some technical know-how.

              • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
                1·
                6 days ago

                Yeah, fair. Still, Graphene was very easy to install and I think that my mom would’ve been able to use the web installer.

              • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
                21·
                6 days ago

                You can do that for them, you can show them. Apple want us to feel alone but we are not. Want to really fix privacy? Make in-person groups. Apple wants us alone. It helps Apple and Google takeover.