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Yes it is a marketing move but it also makes things a lot easier for Apple. It can’t be forced to give up data to law enforcement that it doesn’t have and it lessens the amount of data that can be stolen in a security breach.
sorry, what does Screen Time have to do with law enforcement/privacy?
A friend of mine is still running her iPhone 6 on the original iOS version, so probably iOS 8. It would slow down with iOS 12, right? Those speed gains are compared to non-ancient versions?
This the most stable iOS beta I've ever used. It's exciting to see Apple focus on quality, even if the marketing page doesn't end up as flashy.
Is it a beta? It looks like the official release to me.
“Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right, which is why iOS has always been designed with built-in encryption, on-device intelligence, and other tools that let you share what you want on your terms.” It isn’t often that you see any company the size of Apple take that strong of a stance. Privacy is their best feature and it seems like they are doubling down.
It is a really interesting marketing move (and don't delude yourself, this is a marketing move). To market a feature that Google can't possibly compete with.
The best business strategies are ones that benefit users AND makes the business money. That's what Apple's done here.
I'm still on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE. Why should I upgrade? Even if there was a convincing reason to, I'm afraid performance will tank, as it often does on older iPhones getting their last update.
Security updates and significant speed improvements are sufficient reason to upgrade, I'd think. Siri Shortcuts is also a pretty incredible feature if you're a power-user.
This the most stable iOS beta I've ever used. It's exciting to see Apple focus on quality, even if the marketing page doesn't end up as flashy.
> This the most stable iOS beta I've ever used. Is it a beta? It looks like the official release to me.
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It is a really interesting marketing move (and don't delude yourself, this is a marketing move). To market a feature that Google can't possibly compete with.
If this is a marketing move, then any feature could be described as a marketing move. For example, how is Apple's emphasis on privacy, with the additional features they have added to push for it, different from their emphasis on backing up when they introduced Time Machine? I think that the Time Machine introduction was as much of a marketing move, at which point you've broadened the definition of the phrase where it…
That being said, there's nothing wrong with privacy being both a marketing move and aligned with our interests as users. In fact, I'm more comforted by the idea that morals and profits are aligned here, because no company is above choosing the latter when push comes to shove.
Edit: Just discovered that there's also "Run Script Over SSH" that takes input passed to a shell script (stdin) and returns the output from the shell script (stdout).