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One of the services listed is Screen Time. Maybe I'm mistaken but isn't that the feature on iPhones where you can see how much time you spend in each app? Why w
by thekyle 7y ago
One of the services listed is Screen Time. Maybe I'm mistaken but isn't that the feature on iPhones where you can see how much time you spend in each app? Why would that require Apple's servers.
- inlined 7y agoTime zones are ever changing. Maybe they’re looking up a database? Edit: actually screen time is the feature that measures how long you’re spending on each device each week. I’m not sure why that needs to talk to the cloud unless devs also get the inverse metrics.
- speg 7y agoIt syncs across devices, presumably that mechanism is unavailable during this outage?
- thanatos_dem 7y agoI believe it uses iCloud/CloudKit to sync data from all devices associated with your account.
- AlphaSite 7y agoCross device statistics.
- dmix 7y agoIt labels what you're doing during that time, ie, which apps you're using then displays an icon next to it which could explain the web requests since there are so many apps. My guess is that it's a glorified analytics system for Apple which they retooled into a useful service for end users.
- scarcelycoher 7y agoSo who is the tool now?