3 ms·

Doesn’t happen on mac either, right?

sethops1 4mo ago
Ehh Apple has been self promoting their own services directly in the OS for a while now, including popups via notifications.
justaregulanerd 4mo ago
Coming from 10 years of Linux to macOS, Apple deserves praise for this point too. I don't use Apple Intelligence, Safari, or Siri on my Mac, and I'm extremely happy to report that Apple does not nag me to use these features at all. THANK YOU APPLE. Windows would open Edge for random reasons instead of my preferred browser to nudge me to use it, Cortana was a constant reminder in W10 because it was part of Windows Search, and of course, we all know how they push Copilot. Apple isn't perfect (iCloud is fine on macOS, but iOS is quite misleading and often defaults to on even if you really don't want it), but overall my Mac respects my wishes as a user and it makes me look forward to using my computer as a tool.
- ryandrake 4mo ago
  To be fair, Apple does do a one-time sales pitch during OS setup, but if you say NO, it remembers you mean NO. macOS does have its own user-hostile issues, but they are more in the form of making things like running downloaded software and modifying your system irritatingly difficult, and not Windows's pathetic and desperate attempts to cajole you into using their features.
antonkochubey 4mo ago
It still does a tiny bit (iCloud Drive is quite pushy) but to uncomparably smaller extent vs Windows
jasonfarnon 4mo ago
I can't get my ipad to shut up about iCloud storage. At least with windows I know how to turn that stuff off (worse case registry fix). I have no idea how to hack Apple's stuff.
- pietro72ohboy 4mo ago
  I just got off from their 50GB plan and the amount of nagging has been insane. There's a giant banner in the photos app, a banner in the health app and everything else that I removed from icloud backups, strongly suggesting (in what I must imagine would be a well-studied message designed to induce panic amongst less tech-savvy users) that I am in a perilous situation and must restore icloud backups immediately. Deeply shameful and has made me even more aware of their shenanigans.
conductr 4mo ago
It’s relative, I’d say about 10% as annoying as Windows
a96 4mo ago
Macos absolutely has incessant random popups everywhere. Not exactly the same kind, of course.

Ehh Apple has been self promoting their own services directly in the OS for a while now, including popups via notifications.

justaregulanerd 4mo ago

Coming from 10 years of Linux to macOS, Apple deserves praise for this point too. I don't use Apple Intelligence, Safari, or Siri on my Mac, and I'm extremely happy to report that Apple does not nag me to use these features at all. THANK YOU APPLE. Windows would open Edge for random reasons instead of my preferred browser to nudge me to use it, Cortana was a constant reminder in W10 because it was part of Windows Search, and of course, we all know how they push Copilot. Apple isn't perfect (iCloud is fine on macOS, but iOS is quite misleading and often defaults to on even if you really don't want it), but overall my Mac respects my wishes as a user and it makes me look forward to using my computer as a tool.

ryandrake 4mo ago
To be fair, Apple does do a one-time sales pitch during OS setup, but if you say NO, it remembers you mean NO. macOS does have its own user-hostile issues, but they are more in the form of making things like running downloaded software and modifying your system irritatingly difficult, and not Windows's pathetic and desperate attempts to cajole you into using their features.

antonkochubey 4mo ago

It still does a tiny bit (iCloud Drive is quite pushy) but to uncomparably smaller extent vs Windows

jasonfarnon 4mo ago

I can't get my ipad to shut up about iCloud storage. At least with windows I know how to turn that stuff off (worse case registry fix). I have no idea how to hack Apple's stuff.

pietro72ohboy 4mo ago
I just got off from their 50GB plan and the amount of nagging has been insane. There's a giant banner in the photos app, a banner in the health app and everything else that I removed from icloud backups, strongly suggesting (in what I must imagine would be a well-studied message designed to induce panic amongst less tech-savvy users) that I am in a perilous situation and must restore icloud backups immediately. Deeply shameful and has made me even more aware of their shenanigans.

conductr 4mo ago

It’s relative, I’d say about 10% as annoying as Windows

a96 4mo ago

Macos absolutely has incessant random popups everywhere. Not exactly the same kind, of course.