And? If you can't trust Messages.app then you should move on to another OS.One thing I’ve noticed, Messages does not require permission to access my photos.
And? If you can't trust Messages.app then you should move on to another OS.One thing I’ve noticed, Messages does not require permission to access my photos.
You can review apps like GaragebandI still don't understand how Apple not allowing reviews of their own apps hasn't drawn any attention from watchdogs...
App Analytics is different than want is being discussed here. Tracking that over 1 million clicks were made to turn a feature on or off is different than tracking the user macfacts is always disabling Location Tracking after work.When face ID came out, apple was bragging about how many times users unlock their iPhones with touch id and how much time would be saved with face iD. That sounds like tracking to me.
Do you have specific example?I still don't understand how Apple not allowing reviews of their own apps hasn't drawn any attention from watchdogs...
Also you select specific photos to use. You are granting access to that photo, that one time, to send to that specific recipient.And? If you can't trust Messages.app then you should move on to another OS.
Apple does run an ad platform and they do collect data. They just do it in a way that cannot be traced to users.Well it is kind of funny, because nobody knows if they do or not. Just because they don't run an ad platform (anymore, thankfully), doesn't mean that they don't somehow accumulate some sort of data.
Nobody can verify it, because Apple does not allow any insight into its operations.
I would only believe it 100% if there was an independent audit performed. Otherwise we're just asked to believe Uncle Tim.
Here’s a specific example.Do you have specific example?
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Quite a mediocre score to boot.
And on the Mac you have the equivalent ones and all the others: Final Cut, Motion, Garage Band, etc etc with their corresponding ratings and reviews.
Because Apple doesn't care if you use them or not? They have nothing to gain or lose?I still don't understand how Apple not allowing reviews of their own apps hasn't drawn any attention from watchdogs...
Apple is not "opaque" about the data they are collecting. As far as I go, they can collect whatever they need to give me a good experience within their ecosystem. I trust they are not sending my PII out for $$$ to data aggregators.None of us really knows what data Apple is collecting. It's opaque for a reason. Probably a lot less than Google, given their incentives as a hardware/software company rather than an ad/cloud company. Either way, the data collection doesn't clearly affect the user, so it's a reasonable strategy to not care.
Wow you must live in an alternate universe.The EU, as a failed superstate, needs to get off its high horse and stop trying to speak for European countries. It’s in no position to demand anything of Apple
Apple apps aren't available on the app store. Where exactly would people review them?I still don't understand how Apple not allowing reviews of their own apps hasn't drawn any attention from watchdogs...
"Whatever they need" is a lot. Keep in mind what iOS does. Location services, banking, cell service, and face and fingerprint ID, to name a few. It's all closed source, in an encrypted kernel... for well-meaning reasons; hardware security boils down to obscurity. But it is opaque.Apple is not "opaque" about the data they are collecting. As far as I go, they can collect whatever they need to give me a good experience within their ecosystem. I trust they are not sending my PII out for $$$ to data aggregators.
Apple details the data they have on you on their servers and the data the phone keeps that is encrypted that can be mapped to PII (or not). I don't think it's that hard to find as I've tripped over it before."Whatever they need" is a lot. Keep in mind what iOS does. Location services, banking, cell service, and face and fingerprint ID, to name a few. It's all closed source, in an encrypted kernel... for well-meaning reasons; hardware security boils down to obscurity. But it is opaque.
Apple has a pretty good track record, and I trust them with my personal stuff. It's still a blind trust. My only concern is why they provided device identifiers specifically for third-party apps to track users for ads and didn't even ask the user for permission until now.
And Apple is a perfect example of a "nanny company" that thinks they know best for you. But I don't hear the people who complain about nanny states ever complain about Apple's ever-growing examples of becoming a super monopoly. Didn't MS get spanked back in the days of Internet Explorer?Yet another example of why the EU is the "nanny state". Should Apple pop up a window asking people to acknowledge that Apple does not track them and there is no way to opt out of not being tracked. No one can blame GB from leaving the mess that is the EU. Germany and France are what is holding it together. Once either of them exits the game is over.
Well, since Apple Music is not an app and the Music app is part of macOS and cannot be downloaded from the App Store, it would be hard to review something in the App Store that does not exist. But nice try with the strawman argument.Go and try to leave one for Apple Music![]()
Then why are you here and why do you still (if you even do) use Apple products? Asking for a friend.And Apple is a perfect example of a "nanny company" that thinks they know best for you. But I don't hear the people who complain about nanny states ever complain about Apple's ever-growing examples of becoming a super monopoly. Didn't MS get spanked back in the days of Internet Explorer?
I on the other hand agree with your view on the EU, but also fairly apply my principles of individual freedom to Apple, a company that virtue signals their "ideals" while building their devices with slave labor and claiming "Well, we have no control over what our subcontractors do."
Well, since Apple Music is not an app and the Music app is part of macOS and cannot be downloaded from the App Store, it would be hard to review something in the App Store that does not exist. But nice try with the strawman argument.
Because I don't care that the product is manufactured by 3rd world slave labor, I care that the product works and I get software updates guaranteed for at least 2 years, unlike Android which is a ****show. If I pay $1-1.5k for a device, it better receive updates for several years, not be a flagship device with no updates [I'm looking at you Samsung].Then why are you here and why do you still (if you even do) use Apple products? Asking for a friend.
I believe there will eventually be a unified Apple operating system in the next few years, the transition to the M series chips on their actual "computers" will enable one application to be developed with many views using one framework.This thread is a discussion of the upcoming changes to iOS, not a single mention of macOS is the original article. 👍
I believe there will eventually be a unified Apple operating system in the next few years, the transition to the M series chips on their actual "computers" will enable one application to be developed with many views using one framework.
Something MS royally butchered with the UWP framework.
I disagree, a unified modular operating system will save them money in development. Since the new macs are using ARM there is literally no reason not to merge the OS between iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS. A phone is no different than a computer when you consider:The ability of one app to run with different views depending on the target device already exists between iOS and MacOS. There is no need, and no benefit, to merging the actual operating systems so long as they can run the same apps, so Apple won’t do that.
I disagree, a unified modular operating system will save them money in development. Since the new macs are using ARM there is literally no reason not to merge the OS between iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS. A phone is no different than a computer when you consider:
The only difference at this point between a computer and a phone is the size and method of input (and of course the fact a phone has a cellular modem). You can hook up a Bluetooth keyboard to type so the only limitation to prevent somebody from running the full version of Microsoft Office on the phone is the operating system and instruction set the processor uses to execute instructions.
- It has a processor
- It has RAM
- It has storage
- It accepts user input
- It has a display
- It has wireless communication
- It has speakers
Unifying the OSs and maintaining separate user interfaces for both of them will create an interesting future, such as with Samsung's DeX mode: DeX Mode | Device Multitasking | Samsung US. Imagine not needing a computer, all you need is your phone and you can plug it in to a dock and use full-scale MacOS applications.