Apple already tried the "critics don't understand our system!" deflection a while ago.
It's a deflection because critics' objections don't necessarily hinge on the technical implementation details of the system, they object to it based on its value proposition to the user, and on principle.
Once we move past the core of those objections, then yes, some critics also object to the system's technical implementation, and some of them are correct in their analysis and some are less so.
> they object to it based on its value proposition to the user, and on principle.
Not sure everybody is on the same page what the value proposition to the user is. That's intimately tied on the "how the system works" which is not merely an implementation detail.
I'd like to talk about that. Most of the threads about this topic I found are full of flames without much content. Hopefully I found somebody who can help me clarify what is it that bothers so much.
It's a deflection because critics' objections don't necessarily hinge on the technical implementation details of the system, they object to it based on its value proposition to the user, and on principle.
Once we move past the core of those objections, then yes, some critics also object to the system's technical implementation, and some of them are correct in their analysis and some are less so.