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From the article: 'Apple doesn't mandate Apple ID sign-in. Apple does put "helpful" "reminders" about setting up Apple Pay, iCloud backups, and a few other thi
by twsted 3y ago
From the article:
'Apple doesn't mandate Apple ID sign-in. Apple does put "helpful" "reminders" about setting up Apple Pay, iCloud backups, and a few other things into its setup screens, but it doesn't take your full screen over again to try to get you to opt in to things you've already said no to. There is a notification in the Settings app asking you to sign in and set a few things up if you haven't, but they're dismissable, and they stay dismissed. Safari doesn't pester you to switch back to it once you've switched away, like a 4-year-old who asks you what time it is every time the clock changes (I don't know if this is a widely relatable example, but it's my lived reality at present). There are no third-party applications installed beyond the under-the-hood open source bits and pieces that are baked into macOS's foundations.'
And:
'My frustration is not so much with what Microsoft is doing but how it is doing it. So many of Microsoft's reminders and notifications feel like they happen at the expense of respecting the user's choices.'
- LegitShady 3y agoPersonally I find putting things in the setting screen with a red indicator to be much scarier to the average person. It doesn't say join iCloud in the heading it says "your iPad is not backed up" and uses that to scare people. Personally I find the dislike of both to be reasonable and I don't think Microsoft's is much worse than apple.
- oefrha 3y agoMicrosoft literally flags not setting up OneDrive as a security issue in Windows Defender or whatever the current iteration is called. The warning pops up in routine scans.