A macOS malware discovered in April has found a new vector of attack, with people searching for software on Google finding malware presented as legitimate ads.
I haven’t been subscribed to this community for long. I feel every apple-critical comment gets downvoted a lot, suggesting this is more of an apple_blind_fandom than an apple enthusiast community.
Why can’t we critically object to elements of things we like? Thanks for your comments, I think adding nuance and counterarguments (in a respectful way) adds to this community.
This is a really poor example of a comment to highlight an apple bias. The parent commenter is objectively wrong on the topic; OSX security is similar to Linux security.
Thanks for pointing it out, I am a noob in technology so have no diea.
My point about a very strong bias still stands due to all kinds of experiences in the past though. As I said - I really think in general it is good to even be critical of products we are really fond of.
The problem is there’s nothing to criticize Apple about here. The notion that it’s Apple’s fault that people are writing malware targeting macOS is just as stupid as it being Google’s fault that people are writing Android malware. It comes across as misguided “I hate Apple”-ism that adds nothing of substance to the discussion and intrinsically can’t be discussed without it turning into some shit-flinging argument. (case in point: the 18+ comment chain that resulted)
That’s why those comments are downvoted: people are using the feature as intended to hide the visibility of low effort troll garbage. You’ll find there are plenty of threads here with people genuinely criticizing Apple and their comments are upvoted just fine.
I haven’t been subscribed to this community for long. I feel every apple-critical comment gets downvoted a lot, suggesting this is more of an apple_blind_fandom than an apple enthusiast community.
Why can’t we critically object to elements of things we like? Thanks for your comments, I think adding nuance and counterarguments (in a respectful way) adds to this community.
This is a really poor example of a comment to highlight an apple bias. The parent commenter is objectively wrong on the topic; OSX security is similar to Linux security.
Thanks for pointing it out, I am a noob in technology so have no diea.
My point about a very strong bias still stands due to all kinds of experiences in the past though. As I said - I really think in general it is good to even be critical of products we are really fond of.
Care to elaborate on what OSX security and Linux security are?
The problem is there’s nothing to criticize Apple about here. The notion that it’s Apple’s fault that people are writing malware targeting macOS is just as stupid as it being Google’s fault that people are writing Android malware. It comes across as misguided “I hate Apple”-ism that adds nothing of substance to the discussion and intrinsically can’t be discussed without it turning into some shit-flinging argument. (case in point: the 18+ comment chain that resulted)
That’s why those comments are downvoted: people are using the feature as intended to hide the visibility of low effort troll garbage. You’ll find there are plenty of threads here with people genuinely criticizing Apple and their comments are upvoted just fine.
Rather ironic that your post is getting downvoted
It is, isn’t it? Glad that we need to worry about imaginary points even less on this site than on Reddit.
There have been issues with Apple bot army’s on lemmy just as they have on Reddit.