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Apple Releases Chrome Browser Extension for iCloud Passwords on Windows
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I don’t get it.
On one hand we are advised to avoid browser extensions because of security issues.
on the other hand Apple starts supporting password access through a mob extension on a competitor’s browser (key being that Apple doesn’t control a competitor’s s/w engineering or coding decisions.)
On one hand we are advised to avoid browser extensions because of security issues.
on the other hand Apple starts supporting password access through a mob extension on a competitor’s browser (key being that Apple doesn’t control a competitor’s s/w engineering or coding decisions.)
I hope one day Keychain and iCloud Keychain can replace 1Password for me.
I've been with 1P since the very beginning. Over the last two years, I have seen a steady but definite decline in the app. It used to be very reliable and easy to use, and all the functions worked. I have been looking for an alternative for quite some time. Safari passwords don't always work.
Agree. Also since other web browsers can be default on iOS Apple needed either create Safari for Windows or open Toolchain to stay competitive.
Sure. I suppose they might, but I don't think that would be a smart move.
It's one thing to write a Keychain client for Windows; it's another to port the entirety of Photos.
Maybe, but I don't think Photos is a USP or killer app for MacOS. It's not like people are buying a Mac because it has photos on it. It may even be more likely that people avoid Macs/the Apple ecosystem because they don't want something as personal and important as their photos to be locked in. Or maybe they own a Mac but are using Google Photos instead because they want to access them on a PC, a problem Apple could solve by developing the browser version of Photos.
I don't see that making Photos an exclusive part of the walled garden is really giving people a reason to buy a Mac over a PC. You could easily argue it's the opposite.
Except, there is keychain support for iOS in Settings - Passwords. It may not be 100% compared to Keychain on the Mac, but it's pretty close.
This is a terrible take on things.
Apple makes money from services too, windows users also use services that apple makes.
There’s Apple Music for android too, should apple delete that app to make people buy an iOS device?
Well, historically, iLife was such a big deal that they would print it straight on a Mac's box.
That's no longer true to the same extent, but really, what out-of-the-box experience on a desktop/laptop competes? A Chromebook with Google Photos, perhaps, but that's not a particularly great machine to view (too small) or edit (doesn't look great) photos on. Microsoft doesn't really have a photos-focused service (you can store photos in OneDrive, but they aren't really pushing that much).
As problematic as platform lock-in can be, I really don't think that factors into the decision for almost anyone. It's mostly a geek concern.
Sure.
Not Photos in particular, no. But at some point, if all their stuff also runs on Windows, why get a Mac at all?
Thanks?
Yes.
No, but it's not quite the same. The Music app at this point primarily exists as a client to the Apple Music subscription service; features that integrate into the iTunes Store or your locally-stored music really haven't been pushed much in years.
Photos, in contrast, works basically equally well whether you enable iCloud Photo Library or not. It's an add-on that you don't have to use at all.
And viewing/editing photos on a big screen (such as an iMac) is a much more important use case than playing music on it.
Because Windows is awful?
Honestly, we're way beyond the point now where exclusivity of individual software apps is the primary or even secondary reason people are buying Macs.
It must be a difficult balance to maintain. The Apple ecosystem is praised for its integration, but the iPhone is far more widespread than any other Apple device class, so most iPhone users likely use a non-Mac, if any computer at all. The iPhone cooperates soso with Windows and barely at all with Linux, so most users deal with workarounds and a substandard integration compared to Android. Improving the integration could lead to growth in market share vs Android, while decreasing the appeal of Macs.
Thanks - do you have a link to the updated one? The one that me and others are seeing as the current one hasn't been updated since 1st Feb 2019.
why support windows at all then? why make icloud web? why do third party TVs now have airplay support instead of forcing users to buy an Apple TV?
ridiculous question.
I can install WSL to get many of the Unix advantages of macOS.
I can… use many of the same apps as on the Mac, because more and more is just an Electron wrapper anyway.
Now some people in this thread are advocating, "hey, why not port Photos as well?".
I don't get that.
OK, and what, precisely, is the reason? If fewer and fewer apps are Mac-exclusive, why get a Mac?
Yes, there's the hardware (even that had a few… not-so-great years *cough* butterfly keyboard *cough*), but I don't think hardware alone is a great differentiator compared to, say, a Dell XPS.
To have a good-enough experience. But for the best experience, get a Mac.
At least, that's traditionally been Apple's approach. If they're abandoning that, I think they're making a grave mistake.
In general that is probably true, however I have seen the following two cases advocated for staying on Windows and/or not going to an Apple Silicon Mac:
- Top-tier games
- Applications (scientific, manufacturing, CAD, etcetera) that is needed to do one's job