Tim Cook sold Apple's soul
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@kevinrenskers at least Google doesn't pretend to care about you! lol
I don't rely on any Google services though. I don't use Gmail, or any of the other Google apps. I use Firefox on Android and desktop, Fastmail for mail/calendars/etc. WhatsApp for messaging. It's pretty difficult to avoid all shitty companies, so I try not to rely on any one of them for too much.
@stuartm @kevinrenskers careful with whatsapp, its owned by Meta Platforms Inc. or in other words, facebook. They are very greasy.
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Tim Cook sold Apple's soul
https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/tim-cook-sold-apples-soul/
@kevinrenskers After reading this it seems save to assume, that Tim Cook is genuinely afraid.
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@danielsaidi nice article! I already don’t use Google, Facebook, X, TikTok, PayPal, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc, so I don’t have too many changes to make. But yeah it really sucks Apple is now rotten as well.
@kevinrenskers Thanks, but it dwarfs in comparison with yours
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@leroy to be fair I haven’t looked up my specific banks either. No Android Auto is already basically a dead breaker for a de-Googled Android flavor
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@kevinrenskers They still don't unlock iPhones for the government. But please, by all means, enjoy your next U.S. ecosystem.
@tux0r what a strange comment to make when i made it clear I’m looking for an alternative. Which is definitely not Google.
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Tim Cook sold Apple's soul
https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/tim-cook-sold-apples-soul/
@kevinrenskers Is there a rose gold version available?
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@kevinashworth Maybe when he posted about George Floyd, but other than that not much comes to mind? He mostly seems like a bean counter who doesn’t speak his mind.
@kevinrenskers @kevinashworth Do you think you'd change your mind if he realises it was once again profitable to pretend to care about social issues?
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@kevinrenskers @kevinashworth Do you think you'd change your mind if he realises it was once again profitable to pretend to care about social issues?
@devolute cynical today, are we?
But the answer is no.
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@devolute cynical today, are we?
But the answer is no.
@kevinrenskers Respect. I've been cynical since I realised large corporations don't ever have 'souls' and their primary objective is to make money, almost always at the expense of absolutely everything else and I think it's terribly naive to think anything else.
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@kevinrenskers Respect. I've been cynical since I realised large corporations don't ever have 'souls' and their primary objective is to make money, almost always at the expense of absolutely everything else and I think it's terribly naive to think anything else.
@devolute I could’ve titled it “Tim Cook sold his own soul to save Apple’s profits”. Maybe that would’ve been more precise.
But he damaged Apple’s reputation alongside his own. And I think calling Apple’s reputation its “soul” isn’t unfair.
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@stuartm Yeah I just don’t think Google’s any better. Definitely worse when it comes to privacy. I don’t see it as a real option to switch to, which makes me feel trapped. This duopoly sucks.
@kevinrenskers @stuartm I have been exploring /e/OS on a phone and so far it works fine? My primary annoyance is that in-app purchases do not work (less money to Google, yay!).
In some ways it's a bit of a downgrade. But enough people have to accept a bit of a downgrade so that the alternatives get enough funding to improve.
Best of all, it does not have liquid glass.
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@beno interesting!
