{"id":271439,"date":"2020-09-05T07:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T11:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=271439"},"modified":"2020-09-05T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T12:11:08","slug":"apple-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/05\/apple-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love Apple, their products and am a self devoted <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/19\/17-lessons-steve-jobs-has-taught-me\/\">Steve Jobs<\/a> fan boy. But one of the reasons I returned my iPhone (both the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/iphone-se-is-the-best-iphone\/\">iPhone SE<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/09\/iphone-pro-and-noir-black-and-white-filter-review\/\">iPhone Pro<\/a>) is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a trap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what I mean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">iMessage is great, but a prison (a walled garden)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1767\" data-attachment-id=\"214782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/p1443914-selfie-pick-apple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?fit=1710%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1710,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1583742491&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1443914 selfie pick apple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?fit=1710%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C1767&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ERIC KIM Apple selfie store\" data-id=\"214782\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/p1443914-selfie-pick-apple\/\" class=\"wp-image-214782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1026%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1026w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1368%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443914-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C1078&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1767\" data-attachment-id=\"214783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/p1443903-selfie-pick-apple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?fit=1710%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1710,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1583742478&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selfie ERIC KIM Apple store\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?fit=1710%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C1767&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Selfie ERIC KIM Apple store \" data-id=\"214783\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/p1443903-selfie-pick-apple\/\" class=\"wp-image-214783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1150&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1026%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1026w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=1368%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C1078&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been an Android user all my life. Even back in the day when I was in college, I was always highly suspicious and anti Apple and Mac. I saw the Apple users as a bunch of strange cult like followers. Knowing what I know now, it is true. Apple is a cult. Cult as in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153culture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or someone who follows and pays homage to the Apple store, is a fanatic (to be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is short for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfanatic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122), always on the Apple Rumors website (for no good reason) and sees technology or the newest Apple products as a panacea (cure) for their own personal ills, dissatisfactions and fears and wants. So what is the downside of this line of thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where have all the visionaries gone?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple was simply an extension of the genius and vision of Steve Jobs. Jony Ive as well. And Steve Wozniak. But now these giants have all left Apple, who is left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/leadership\/\">Apple Leadership<\/a> page, I have zero idea who any of these people are, besides Tim Cook, who is essentially just a super cut and dry logistics management overseas supply chain management god. He isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the visionary that we are looking for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apple is in bed with China?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an Asian American, Korean American Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), and having gone through all public schools (K-12, College), I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m unusually patriotic for a left-leaning liberal. Personally I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not afraid of China, but I am a bit concerned the fact that Apple is so interconnected and dependent on China. It certainly is possible and plausible for Apple to move her manufacturing back to America, albeit Apple will make far lesser profits. But Apple is now a $2 Trillion dollar company &#8230; can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she afford to put \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America first?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1770\" data-attachment-id=\"257614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/20200727-ek067628\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1595850219&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"face mask portrait apple store  20200727-EK067628\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;face mask portrait apple store &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C1770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"face mask portrait apple store\" data-id=\"257614\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/20200727-ek067628\/\" class=\"wp-image-257614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067628-scaled.jpg?resize=920%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1770\" data-attachment-id=\"257607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/20200727-ek067621\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1595850214&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"street portrait apple store ERIC KIM Ricoh covid 19\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;street portrait apple store ERIC KIM Ricoh covid 19&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C1770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"street portrait apple store ERIC KIM Ricoh covid 19\" data-id=\"257607\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/20200727-ek067621\/\" class=\"wp-image-257607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200727-EK067621-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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But one of the reasons I returned my iPhone (both the iPhone SE and the iPhone Pro) is this: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1443903-selfie-pick-apple-scaled.jpg?fit=1710%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271439"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271461,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271439\/revisions\/271461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}