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#Apple and $EMPLOYER (and the MDM solution being used) are getting smarter. $EMPLOYER decided to download the Headspace app to the iPhone they issued me. For some reason, its presence is botheracious to me, so we were playing the install-delete-install-delete game for a while. Then I discovered that I could “pause” the installation while it is in progress and prevent it from completing.
Well, now, when there is an #iOS update, the #Headspace installation completes and I have to delete it, trigger a status check, so they see that it is missing, and then pause the resulting installation.
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https://mastodon.social/@rathantara/108433376165005612
#Apple tracking *all your devices*, not just iDevices. There is no opt out.
I did not yet read the PDF to see how well supported the claim is.
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More #Google data-collection: https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c
(Note: someone speculated that this is probably a requirement of all telecom providers, so switching to #Apple phones would not change things.)
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#Apple will allow owners of certain phones to self-repair. https://abc7ny.com/apple-self-repair-service-iphone-12/11247484/ [abc7ny com]
It is a start, but Apple *allowing* certain #iPhone and #Mac owners to repair their devices outside Apple's repair network is still them controlling their customers' property. I still rate this "FU".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58847328
Leaders of over 100 nations agree to 15% minimum corporate tax rate, some limits on profit-shifting.
Just from what I read in the article, I'm convinced the rate is too low, and that the pact will fail to produce the desired results. Specifically, I believe corporate taxes should be on a unary system (allocated by where the related activities take place). So if #Apple makes most of its profit by selling iDevices in the USA, regardless of its profit-shifting techniques, taxation belongs here.
!econusa
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#Apple #iOS / #iPadOS 14.8, an emergency security update, is out.
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#Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
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#iOS gripe. With the spam calls multiple times per day, only once has there been a "reject" button. All other times, it is "slide to answer" with no possibility of rejecting the call.
Come on, #Apple. In these days where people get many fake calls per day (as in they appear to come from fake numbers, not the actual callers' phone numbers), this is something basic that every phone should display on every call it receives.
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Apple's App Store had 78% profit margins last year https://nu.federati.net/url/281161 [apple slashdot org]
Though it is hard to feel any sympathy for #Epic_Games (being motivated by wanting to capture gamers in their own store, not to free #iOS users from captivity to Apple's store), I'm leaning toward wanting them to win their suit, just because #Apple and #Google exercise way too much control over what people can install on the devices they pay for.
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Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com]
https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC.
#Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
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https://mashable.com/article/apple-airdrop-security-flaw/ [msdhable com]
#Apple Airdrop security flaw
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This must be what @musicman was talking about recently. https://nu.federati.net/url/279454
#Apple possibly getting into the #VR / #AR market with their own headset.
If @guizzy suddenly adopts iDevices and Macs, I’ll know, even if he denies it.
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I'm hearing that #Google and #Apple are removing the apps for the #Parler #socnet from the #Android PlayStore and the #iOS AppStore.
I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform.
Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #corpocentric sites like #Twitter or #Facebook, which are not being punished.)
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Of course,it has other consequences, and honestly, if my phone was stolen, I'd want it to get a secure wipe. Search for "Brother Orange" in #DDG or #Google, and you'll see why.
#Android isn't the only one with such a misfeature. In organizations with #Apple #iOS devices, re-use after an employee leaves can be painful. Sometimes, after days or weeks of delay, Apple will inlock the devices for re-use, but sometimes, the org must buy a new phone.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55052540
Police in #NorCal extorted $70K from #Apple security chief.
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 #Apple's aptly-named #gatekeeper software sends hashes and signatures of the programs you launch to an Apple server.
Source: https://fosstodon.org/@kzimmermann/105224321682295001
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@mangeurdenuage @geniusmusing I can remember using a #TRS-80 with 16K of RAM, Level II BASIC, and an attached expansion interface at school. Of course, a cassette tape recorder to save our programs. There was also a printer. I wanted one like it, but couldn't afford it.
The version with 4K of RAM, Level I BASIC, and no accessories (tape recorder, expansion interface, printer) was originally $499. I think the price dropped after #Radio_Shack and #Apple had established that there was a market for home microcomputers, but I wasn't even able to buy a Commodore 64 a few years later when they were as low as $99.
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One of the most annoying things for me is that after the #iPad upgraded to #iOS 14.1, there’s a constantly-on, unblockable notification to set up #Apple_Pay. Sorry, #Apple. You got your X hundred dollars. You are not getting any more.
Looking forward to retiring this tablet and closing my AppleID account.
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https://linuxreviews.org/Apple%27s_CUPS_Repository_Has_Died_A_Quiet_Death
I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org
#IPP
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I don't think I have any spare cycles to explore this right now, but it looks interesting. Sponsored by #Apple, so its priorities may change if Apple's do. https://www.foundationdb.org/ #FoundationDB