Reducing Apple Service Dependence: The UK's 'De-Appling' Challenge
By
msangi
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Summary
The article discusses the author's personal journey of 'de-Googling' and now 'de-Appling' - reducing dependence on Apple services, particularly in response to Apple withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in the UK. The author shares personal anecdotes about missing meetings due to de-Googling and frames de-Appling as a 'special bonus level' for UK users, urging readers to start reducing their Apple ecosystem dependence.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI've done such a thorough job of de-Googling that I forgot to show up for a meeting with someone, because I hadn't checked my Google calendar in ages.
In my defense, I proceeded to explain to them that having de-Googled, I was also in the process of de-Appling, which is a special bonus level that those of us in the UK have unlocked.
If you're reading this in the sunlit uplands, you need to start that too.
You need to start that because, as we recently learned, at some point in the very near future Apple is withdrawing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature
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