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When developing software, there are a lot of considerations about how it should be. Some choices are better for the developer, some are better for the user, some are a good balance in between, and sometimes the choice is so bad that it benefits neither. As an occasional developer and a user, I decided to compare some of the choices and write about my preferences. If it’s not providing a constantly running service, it should require a one-time payment; not a subscription. I despise monthly subscriptions unless they’re for things like cloud providers, streaming/music services, or social media features. ...

Apple’s move was the lesser of two evils. The original request from the UK government was for the government to have a backdoor to end-to-end encryption. Anyone who knows even a tiny bit about this technology acknowledges that there is no such thing as “backdoor access, but only for the right people”. Furthermore, even if there were, no one is the right people. Such changes are basically security nightmares. Knowing that such a change would impact users worldwide, Apple instead disabled Advanced Data Protection for UK users in February 2025.1 By doing so, they complied with the request without compromising encryption for everyone else. ...