@beno interesting!

@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.

@devolute cynical today, are we?

But the answer is no.

@tux0r what a strange comment to make when i made it clear I’m looking for an alternative. Which is definitely not Google.

@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.

@franksting as I said in the article:

My family all use it too, and we love to make collaborative playlists for road trips.

I’m not going to force them to switch to Tidal (I wouldn’t even be able to do so).

@stonetree @leroy My bank requires the use of their app to login and to approve transfers.

@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.

@stuartm From a capitalist point of view - sure. But that’s not what I care about.

So you switched to Android too?

@qgustavor It’s still miles better than Windows so I totally understand. Once I tried my first Mac, back in 2005 or so, I also made the switch.

@axel_hartmann Nobody I know is on Signal, that’s just not a real option for me.

@leroy 90% of my professional life between 2012 and 2023 was building iOS apps (the remaining 10% was building Python APIs), so my decision to switch back to the web didn’t come lightly. A huge part of my life revolved around Apple and their devices.

@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

@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.

@leroy I’ve read that most banking apps are supposed to work on /e/OS? But yeah it’s tricky for sure! This duopoly sucks.

@dgriffinjones yea, second hand is fair game I think. No money goes to Apple. But luckily everything still works perfectly fine and fast enough.

Need to reduce my spending on services.

@freediverx 100% agreed, and I’m also not updating my devices. If enough people do it, hopefully it sends a message.

It's now on the orange site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856133

Tim Cook sold Apple's soul

https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/tim-cook-sold-apples-soul/