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Apple Removes All References to Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature From Its Child Safety Webpage [Updated]

Where is this CSAM detection - is it now part of 15.x

I’ve stayed away from upgrading because of this mess.

I searched the forum but this seems to be the last thread in the issue.

Appreciate any insight in advance.
 
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VulchR said:
I don't like subscriptions either, and I find Apple's emphasis on subscriptions as diagnostic of a lack of innovation and vision (other than of money).
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Yea subscriptions kind of fine for music but not really in many other ways.

I find I end up listening to the same stuff for a period so it’s actually a waste of money but then having access to an entire catalogue is great except the whole interface and search is absolute total rubbish.

You need edge and corners to stuff. Tangible navigation.

The truth is a lot of music is not that worthwhile listening too, it’s got no soul tbh, especially the new stuff. I know that’s a broad stroke but I do try and listen to the suggested chart listing and curations apple serves up but sometimes the lyrical collaspe into oblvion is too much. Indeed, I have found the odd good tune but overall, nothing for what you pay. It’s probably always been that way. Just more volume to pan for gold and have time to do it, but I suppose it's also about how much free time you have to play around.

So in part, maybe it’s an age thing and I can’t expect Apple to solve that but at least build a decent personal jukebox experience UI/UX. ?

Winamp was a more enjoyable experience to Music.app, give me a Music.app where ti feels liek I have ownership of tangible things even if it's all an subscription illusion.
 
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Fat_Guy said:
Apple’s plan is ultimately to get out of selling phones completely. They will probably end up giving you a phone for free as everything else they offer will be a subscription. All multi-tier subscriptions services, and in this view you can see why they didn’t see the push back scanning on-device. We are still old school and out of the loop for what the future holds. We still believe that when we buy a phone that device is ours and every thing on it is ours. But is that really the case now? Are the apps on the device ours or are we just allowed to use them?

Anyway, soon like physical credit cards, the cell phone will just be a means to an end and not our property. When that happens this issue of on-device scanning will a non-issue. Phones will get boring as they are now, so why buy them and spend money upgrading. Apple will give you one for free and give you another upgraded one when necessary. You just keep paying them a monthly set of subscriptions.

The only mistake Apple made was doing the on-device scanning when people were still buying phones and thinking the phones were their property. When push comes to shove Apple could probably deactivate the phone as the OS is theirs. So you have a husk of a phone and nothing to do with it. This is why you should support a free and open source alternative like Linux phones. Then the phone is yours and the OS is free for anyone. Your phone and your property.

But that makes too much sense so bend over to all big tech, listen to songs but not own them, watch movies but not own them, just keep paying your hard earned money every month and if you stop - you end up with nothing. What a deal…

But can you blame big tech? We are the ones doing this to ourselves.
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That will be the end of the consumer relationship and loyalty for many with Apple, they need to step out of the WEF bubble "you'll own nothing and be happy" and wake up.

As people start to realise how important the concept and application of "ownership" is, things may change, and many will eventually realize less stuff is what makes you happy, a stable community and a good family life, which are not made easy any more, but hey here is some new shiny shiny shiny shine... who want lots of stuff that controls you owned by the controllers? It's ownership rebranded, i.e. slavery eh.

In this respect the post-jobs Apple is on a path to merge with the dark side fully.

This is a "you'll take what you are given and be happy", eh no thanks, nothing magical about totalitarianism wherever it rares it's fugly head.

On the other hand those new mac pro's look cool, been away, only saw them this week! ;)
 
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They’ll have lots of fun scanning my stuff ?

My dad keeps accidentally turning the camera on his iPad on , the last week I’ve had to delete over 300 images of nothing ?
 
Apple said themselves after they removed the CSAM scanning explainer pages that they were still working on implementing it. I think the “screeching of the minority” was way louder than Apple anticipated. Makes me worry they like the smell of their own farts too much that they thought this was a good idea that customers would want.
 
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