As far as I‘m aware, Time Machine is a local backup which means the data never even reaches Apple‘s servers.
Additionally, you can and should encrypt your data which Apple allows to do using FileVault.
Again, the encryption key never even reaches Apple‘s servers except if you use the iCloud Keychain. And even if you do and you store your key there, Apple wouldn’t have the key for your iCloud Keychain and thus couldn’t do anything with that data.
Interestingly, as a German who lives in a bubble where people take their jobs very seriously, I was equally surprised when I experienced pretty much what you described while visiting the US.
I guess there are “proud to be lazy” kind of people in any country. It’s definitely not a widespread German cultural thing, though, from my experience.
Ah, Technology Connections. Such a great channel!
If you enjoyed this video, make sure to also watch his video about the color brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
> For a long time Firefox Desktop development has supported both Mercurial and
Git users. This dual SCM requirement places a significant burden on teams which
are already stretched thin in parts. We have made the decision to move Firefox
development to Git.
So, you went to the Amazon live chat. They sent you to Logitech. You chatted with their bot and had to "restart the whole long process" because of a bug.
Then you got connected to a human who asked you for a confirmation from Amazon. You went back to Amazon and asked them for a return, again.
You had a "miserable" experience with the process, there, but in the end got your return label.
I've been using YNAB for years now looked at the competitors from time to time.
While their pricing has increased quite a bit (by now also for long time users coming from YNAB 4), for me it is worth every penny and better than anything else out there. I can't recommend it enough and I don't even get paid to write this comment.
Additionally, you can and should encrypt your data which Apple allows to do using FileVault.
Again, the encryption key never even reaches Apple‘s servers except if you use the iCloud Keychain. And even if you do and you store your key there, Apple wouldn’t have the key for your iCloud Keychain and thus couldn’t do anything with that data.