Tim here, Founder of Bokeh. Respecting privacy is one of our core values, and I built that core value into the way we'll make money. We don't answer to advertisers, VCs, or just a small group of "celebrity" users. We answer to our paying customers.
Thank you for reading Ben. You see, I agree with you, there are very fair and justified criticisms of Apple; I'm no Apple apologist. My beef is the focus on idiotic arguments such as the one Manjoo wrote. Manjoo is arguing for change for the sake of change, which to me does nothing to push Apple to actually get better in the areas they need to.
I appreciate the comment. Yes, I currently live in Minnesota. However, I'm not from here. I used to live in California. And yes, I've been to the Valley many times.
Thanks everyone for your comments. If I offended any of you, I'm terribly sorry. I do and don't mean to generalize. I've had some bad experiences and wanted to organize my thoughts. I do completely agree that a better post would have been more specific and even backed up with harder facts. Thanks for reading :)