7 GB is nothing. And no it wasn't enabled by default. I had it off in 15.2 and off it remains in 15.3.
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Save 7GB Storage Per Device by Disabling Apple Intelligence
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7GB out of 512 GB is barely anything at all.
Also, why disable Apple Intelligence if it’s works great for what I need it? (Primarily proofread text).
Also, why disable Apple Intelligence if it’s works great for what I need it? (Primarily proofread text).
I mean I guess but they went full clickbait on the headline and got called out for it. But I guess the bar is set low for journalism anymore...
I’m impressed you still have that much faith in MR when half their “stories” these days are just ads for third party products where they make money from the referral links inside.
7GB is a lot of bloat. Especially true with Apple devices which has no SD slot for storage upgrade.
A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon, you're talking real storage.😏
Would love it if they got enough pushback from consumers (or they saw from their own data that users were switching it off immediately) that they make it opt-in in future updates.
I know Apple, like all the tech companies, wants everyone to hop aboard the AI train. But if there are enough consumers who don't want it (I have no idea, maybe most consumers do want it), then having the feature be opt-in makes sense. Especially because Apple's method requires taking up space on the device in a way that other methods don't.
So do you want to have granular control or not? First you say you want to toggle different features on or off, then you say toggling things on or off is a burden. Literally the next graf. I must be missing something.
No, I think it’s pretty clear the overwhelming majority of Apple users do NOT want AI on their devices:
73% of iPhone Owners Say 'No Thanks' to Apple Intelligence: New Data Echoes CNET's Findings
Neither Apple nor Samsung smartphone owners seem to have much interest in new AI features, according to a new trade survey.
www.cnet.com
Why care about cache? The data is deleted automatically if more data needs to be stored.
aside from it being the source of a great deal of "controversy" here, I would bet money that the vast majority of their users won't even notice it one way or another, let alone make the effort to turn it off
It waits until space is needed to remove stuff like this.
Same is if you enable storage management. Then full size images that are on iCloud are removed only if space is needed.
Most likely due to either ignorance or misinformation. yet, many probably already carelessly use ChatGPT.No, I think it’s pretty clear the overwhelming majority of Apple users do NOT want AI on their devices:
73% of iPhone Owners Say 'No Thanks' to Apple Intelligence: New Data Echoes CNET's Findings
Neither Apple nor Samsung smartphone owners seem to have much interest in new AI features, according to a new trade survey.
I hate that system design
I really wish Photos could be told to use "x amount of space, maximum" in preferences
Likely we will hear from people here that "Siri is so dumb" and then in the next sentence "I disabled the AI garbage to reclaim 7GB".
If AI were making Siri a lot better, I would understand your quip
But we are not seeing that to this point
Because I don’t like the idea of simple apps bloating up that much. The very first time I noticed, Twitter was 20GB+ in size. Discord was right behind it at 15GB+. Considering the base app was only 100-200MB it sounds ridiculous. On my previous iPhone with less storage than my current, it showed as 90% full. If I can’t gauge how much space my device truly has free then it’s not a very user friendly experience.
But 7GB out of 64GB or even 128GB is quite a bit. If 73 percent of iPhone users say they don’t want AI, why should they have to deal with a hit on storage?
That’s right… if the answer isn’t what YOU want, clearly others are confused. Got it.
I have not found one good use for Apple Intelligence. It's complete garbage. The Notification summaries only make it harder to tell what's in the message, and the Image Playground is so slow and useless than it serves no function. Siri is still terrible, so I use Alexa whenever I need real answers to a question.
This will not be possible.
In fact I'm surprised it's so small. It could be 10X bigger if you will.
No, I think it’s pretty clear the overwhelming majority of Apple users do NOT want AI on their devices:
73% of iPhone Owners Say 'No Thanks' to Apple Intelligence: New Data Echoes CNET's Findings
Neither Apple nor Samsung smartphone owners seem to have much interest in new AI features, according to a new trade survey.
that headline is just as click-baity and misleading as this one was