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Siri/spotlight does web searches, maps are included, location tracking baked in under the disguise of find-my (Microsoft also has a find-my alternative), there

Siri/spotlight does web searches, maps are included, location tracking baked in under the disguise of find-my (Microsoft also has a find-my alternative), there is an advertiser id built into mac toohttps://developer.apple.com/documentation/adsupport/asidentifiermanager/1614151-advertisingidentifier https://developer.apple.com/documentation/adsupport/asidenti... Really the only thing different is Apple has made it seem beneficial to users where Microsoft just comes off spammy.

rsynnott 5y ago
That stuff is all optional and off-by-default, though; you have to either say yes on installation or opt in afterwards.
- dawnerd 5y ago
  It's not all optional and off by default... They only ask about sending debug data to app developers, siri, and I believe find-my. Apple is a little worse since they try to force you into entering your credit cards for Apple pay.
  - vetinari 5y ago
    > They only ask about sending debug data to app developers They ask two questions: * send telemetry to Apple; * allow sharing telemetry with app developers. If you don't agree with the first one, the second one is grayed out. wrt advertiserid, that's iOS/iPadOS only, on macOS it retuns zero-filled UUID.
    - dawnerd 5y ago
      Good catch on the macos advertiser id. It's just a matter of time for it to actually work as expected though.
      - rsynnott 5y ago
        > It's just a matter of time for it to actually work as expected though. Eh, I mean they just recently made it effectively useless on iOS (requires a prompt before it works; unsurprisingly very few users give permission). Not sure why they'd go the other direction on MacOS... I suspect it's just there for Catalyst compatibility.