My question is simple, can I use an Apple computer without Apple knowing who I am?<p>If I can't, then I don't want to use their hardware, software, or services.<p>I already know that I don't want to use Google's hardware, software, or services.<p>But can I buy a MacBook, give Apple no personal information, and use that MacBook for years, getting updates and upgrades, installing whatever software I want, without giving them any clue as to who I am?<p>Don't know but I suspect the answer is no.
"Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter." <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html</a><p>AppleInsider is just copying MacRumors, which is copying StockApps, which is copying Digital Information World, which is copying security.org <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32592713" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32592713</a>
>"Most people do not have the
time or patience to read privacy
policies that can be several pages
long for each website they visit,"
said StockApps.com's Edith
Reads.<p>>"As a result, users end up allowing Google to harvest all the
data they need by agreeing to the
privacy policy terms."<p>The implied notion that users have any other option but to agree to any arbitrary t&c is laughable. What are you going to do? Brick your iPhone/android/tv/smart device, never use Amazon FB etc, etc?