>If not, it will be an interesting test of how many users Apple will lose over this.
Lose.. to whom? PinePhone? Not trying to be flippant, but... there is no longer any option for the common user.
No, my elderly mother is not going to download and flash a custom de-googled ROM for her OnePlus 9 Pro. Pure fantasy that Apple will lose users because of this. This is a nonstory to everyone who lives and works east of Tahoe.
Which is at least transparent and importantly: it leaves the user with a choice of not using Google services, e.g. Gmail, Drive and Backup to name a few.
And scanning for CSAM is certainly commendable, but the whole issue with Apple's implementation is that you lose your privacy on your own device.
Even if Apple decides to roll this back they've made it clear to me that I can't afford to be too locked into their ecosystem. With more open platforms you have options if you disagree with decisions made by any one vendor. With Apple you have no other options.
It's interesting how everyone used to be all in favor of Apple's strategy of doing all photo analysis on the device instead of on some remote server, and now it's reversed. Suddenly Google's approach is better?
The advantage of doing analysis on your device was supposed to be that your data never left your device. Now you get the worst of both worlds, with your device doing the analysis but your data leaving anyway.
Nothing changed. The issue is the same for both situations: possible communication with remote servers.
If the scanning here was happening and merely notifying the user, there wouldn't be a problem. Or course, it would be completely useless to catch criminals.
If not, it will be an interesting test of how many users Apple will lose over this.
Those Apple devices i might upgrade will now be put on hold, it is simply unacceptable what Apple is doing.