Al Franken Rips Apple before Congress

Although Apple ’s fixed the localization trailing problem , their Q&A explanation of the issue was justificative and perplex . Yesterday , before a Senate sense of hearing on secrecy and positioning trailing , Apple depict that they ’re still talk out of both sides of their EULA .

The questioning , lead mostly by Sen. Al Franken , reached its peak at this dot , wherein the meaninglessness of Apple ’s We ’re not tracking you , we ’re just cut through you , principle was nailed now . They got anticipate out . intemperately . “ It does n’t appear that both of these statements could be unfeigned at the same clock time , ” Franken politely puts it . He ’s given a stark non - answer ( But hey ! It ’s a Senate sense of hearing ! What else would you expect ? ) , and from there the questioning and testimony trend wildly into irrelevance . By the remainder of the hearing , Apple and Google ’s reps were being grilled on inebriated driving , move some serious “ Why the the pits did I fly to DC for this ” inner monologue , I ’d ideate .

But having Apple ’s tongue-tied take on the issue put on the federal griddle was of import — and that someone in a position of major power was willing to call them out felt very reassuring . It ’s no co-occurrence that the funniest people are usually the smartest .