#black drapes

[weirdletter]

Dead Orchestra, by Marta Dettlaff, via Instagram.

[anadytopmichelle]

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[michelle-anadytop]

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[davidanadytop]

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[davidanadytop]

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[lushescurtains]

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[sommanita]

The creative process does not need to be transparent.

Throughout the day today I have read articles written in response to Tim Cook's interview on ABC News. It seems like most of the world (...that I follow...) seems happy with it. It's not everyday that you get to see and hear from a human inside Apple in this way, sort of off-their-turf, if you will. So really, it was nice. It also seems like for the most part, people were happy with what Cook had to say. We like to hear that Apple isn't a fan of the government's heavy hands, it makes us feel good. 

Cook is frustrated that Apple cannot disclose user data requests from the NSA. He wants there to be transparency.

Of course he's frustrated by that - it sucks. He is right and it is nice to hear him say. The permissions granted to the government go against the very idea that our government is supposed to be of and for the people. Our entire population is constantly positioned as "the other" in what is the most toxic political-relationship imaginable.

The public response to a CEO complaining about the lack of transparency is mostly good. Mostly. Naturally, there will always be some who have a desperate need to take one thing and make it equal to another. Those people are suggesting that Cook is something of a hypocrite. They see his call for transparency from the NSA and point out the apparent lack of transparency from Apple.

Their evidence? The not-so-mythical black drapes.

I'm sorry but no. The black drapes do not represent a lack of transparency. There is absolutely nothing wrong with caring so much about your work that you keep the world out until you're done. They are creators. They are inventors. They are innovators. Why shouldn't they have the right to work on their products until they are ready for the world to see them? Why don't we respect that process anymore? 

Whatever may be found behind those black drapes is absolutely none of our business. We may want to know but that is the point - of course we want to know. Of course we're excited to find out. Even if you hate Apple, you still need to know. It takes just a few seconds on the Internet to find out the latest rumors about 'what Apple is going to do next.' Buzz about Apple is part of our culture.  

Criticizing Apple for the black drapes is absurd. And doing so does not lend any more legitimacy to the camp of professional Apple haters as they gather to write their next diatribe about proprietary software.