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ok_dad • last Thursday at 5:58 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I kinda thought Apple was better about this sort of thing, what with the Genius bar and that sort of thing. I pretty much made an ass of myself by assuming that, I guess, because I switched from Google stuff straight into Apple. I should probably start to work on self-hosting now that I can see I was incorrect to trust Apple...

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xpe • last Thursday at 6:09 PM

I don't know your priorities, but I will say this: beware the recency bias: don't overweight on a news story. Instead, take at least five minutes make a list of your concerns.

> I should probably start to work on self-hosting now that I can see I was incorrect to trust Apple...

Jumping to that conclusion might be worse. Don't think of trust as a binary bit. Better to ask:

  1. To what degree can I trust Party to do Thing?
     - what is Party's track record?
     - what are Party's incentives?
     - what is the probabilistic distribution of outcomes?
  2. What is my best alternative to #1?
     - ... track record?
     - ... incentives?
     - ... distribution of outcomes?
  3. Pick the least worst for you
When you do this, you'll want to factor in aspects such as: What is the value of your time? What are the chances that your alternative is less secure?