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> a MacBook is ready to use without any updates. Do you want to give this app access to downloads? To desktop? To microphone? What about this app? Sign in to i
by lostlogin 2y ago
> a MacBook is ready to use without any updates.
Do you want to give this app access to downloads? To desktop? To microphone? What about this app? Sign in to iCloud. Sign in again. Maybe this time? Nope, sign in to iCloud.
I’ve picked my poison, and it’s Apple, but it’s far from perfect.
- MBCook 2y agoThose aren’t updates. They’re obnoxious. I’m getting more annoyed with MacOS too for that and other reasons mostly around services. But you can start using it without OS updates.
- wvenable 2y agoI'm not sure why you'd want to start using an OS without running the latest revision.
- more_corn 2y agoYou can choose to run updates if you want. Choice bing the operative word.
- CamperBob2 2y agoWhat business is it of yours? Or Microsoft's? Or Apple's?
- wvenable 2y agoMicrosoft care quite a bit because security vulnerabilities of end user machines that were out of date was a huge issue. Since they basically stopped allowing users to run outdated versions, that problem has effectively disappeared.
- CamperBob2 2y agoSo it was necessary to destroy the product in order to save its users. Got it. Suggest reading up on the history of personal computing, and then ask yourself if this is how it was supposed to go. At this point, even Mac and Linux users are starting to feel the loving embrace of their OS vendors' paternalism.
- wvenable 2y agoAs soon as computers are on a network that changes things. A compromised machine is a danger to others. > So it was necessary to destroy the product in order to save its users. I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product.
- CamperBob2 2y agoAs soon as computers are on a network that changes things. A compromised machine is a danger to others. I don't think you want to go there, broheim. Wait'll you hear my opinion of how "safe" your computer is, and whether it should be allowed on a network. I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product. A personal computer, along with its operating system, should do what its owner tells it to do. That was kind of the original idea, anyway.
- lostlogin 2y agoThey aren’t updates, but a new Mac is not completely ready to go and nag free.
- bigyikes 2y agoWhat is the alternative to the access problem? Would you prefer apps be able to access that stuff without permission? I get it’s annoying but at least it’s safe?
- lokar 2y agoI agree. My solution is to remove software that keeps asking after being denied (logitech!).
- lostlogin 2y ago> What is the alternative to the access problem? I don’t have a perfect solution, but I also don’t have billions in the bank and lots of employees tasked to the issue. One popup with a list of apps and their permissions would at least be a one stop shop, but even that wouldn’t be great on a new machine setup as your apps aren’t all there yet.