Leaving Apple Ecosystem in 2024 Livestream & Q/A Post WWDC
0Noah Gift reacts to Apple's announced partnership with OpenAI, arguing it abandons Apple's core values and poses risks to user privacy and creator livelihoods. He shares his personal plan and advice for gradually transitioning away from the Apple ecosystem to open-source alternatives like Ubuntu.
Add a full description of what happened in this episode, including topics discussed, useful timestamps, useful episode notes and any additional links you may want to share: As a 40-year Apple user, AI expert, and university professor, Noah Gift expresses deep concerns over Apple's partnership with OpenAI and outlines a path for leaving the Apple ecosystem:
• Despite marketing itself as a premium, pro-privacy, pro-creator brand, Apple partnering with OpenAI abandons those core values (2:00)
• OpenAI's leadership has a dubious track record, engages in regulatory entrepreneurship to exploit legal gray areas around data usage and fair use (6:00)
• Technical risks: OS-level AI integration shows lack of skill; possibility of OpenAI accessing sensitive iCloud creator data (9:00)
• Noah's step-by-step plan: 1) Ubuntu laptops like Framework or System76 2) Ditch Apple Watch for Garmin 3) Sell Mac Studio for AMD Threadripper (12:00)
• Opportunity to save money, reclaim time/attention from smartphone addiction, view computer as a tool vs. part of identity (14:30)
• Upcoming Pragmatic AI Labs course teaching artists to switch from Mac to open-source Ubuntu (17:00)
Consider exploring alternatives to Apple:
• Framework laptop: https://frame.work/
• System76 computers: https://system76.com/
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