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Disagree. Things that start as "optional opt-in toggles" can eventually become quasi-mandatory, for example if you're a student, employee, or citizen, and your
by diebeforei485 5y ago
Disagree. Things that start as "optional opt-in toggles" can eventually become quasi-mandatory, for example if you're a student, employee, or citizen, and your school, workplace, or government creates an app that needs this.
In 2020, lots of universities required students to install fairly invasive stuff on their computers for remote learning, but -- thanks in large part to Apple's policies -- their phones remained pretty much untouched.
- smoldesu 5y agoHow do you make an app that enforces notifications? Unless such an app is running in ring 0, it has to follow the same rules as everyone else. In any case, notifications are entirely handled by the operating system, so the onus would fall on Apple to prevent this fairly simple exploit from happening (hell, Android managed to do it right). Furthermore, Proctorio and plenty of other invasive testing software has no trouble running on a Mac. Your last sentance is about as coherent as thanking Google for stopping McGraw-Hill from spying on Android users.