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Opt out is much easier for Apple products. Did you know you can't disable cortana? On the other hand, upon enabling Siri in macOS, you're presented with a lengt
by rubatuga 10y ago
Opt out is much easier for Apple products. Did you know you can't disable cortana? On the other hand, upon enabling Siri in macOS, you're presented with a lengthy warning about privacy policy and such. It's obvious which OS values your privacy more
- endgame 10y agoIndeed. GNU/Linux.
- chillingeffect 10y agoI have to have windows for one program, fusion 360. Tried freecad, but it's not there yet. Everything else is ubuntu and Debian.
- rubatuga 10y agonow the real question, how many problems does it create while you solve the privacy and open source issue?
- boomboomsubban 10y agoWhat? There is no privacy and open source issue.
- scott_karana 10y agoDid you completely miss the "Ubuntu search bar sends keystrokes to Amazon to show you adverts" fiasco?...
- boomboomsubban 10y agoSo the issue is "sometimes software won't respect your privacy, you will be aware of this and can change it or use something else." That's not an issue.
- H4CK3RM4N 10y agoI'd say Linux(yes, Linux, I'm not talking about Hurd) is more indifferent to privacy than protective of it.
- pjc50 10y agoThere's a rather surprising and inconvenient route to disable cortana: change the install language. Cortana is primarily available in English.