What surprised me the most with this announcement is how it was met with surprise and harsh reactions. People felt betrayed.

I would just call that naivety. Of the (average) consumer.

Not sure why they chose “geek” here, maybe we just have different definitions of that.

I get what is said about Apple however, I think there’s proof at the moment that Apple does protect their users privacy. Like when they wouldn’t help the FBI get into that guy’s iPhone. And the recent stuff with UK.

Advance privacy protection seems the real deal. Of course unless you self host everything you always have to trust that the service provider is being honest about not having access or using your data.