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Part of me wishes they dropped this feature in a random dot release, to give these developers a well deserved public flogging. Of course, the responsible part of me knows that’s a bad idea. Sigh.
tbqh, why would that be a bad idea? It's a minor feature from a technical standpoint.
hypothesis: "technology" is largely data collection platforms with thin veneers on top (social networking, dating, food delivery, etc) if you agree with that premise, then it's no surprise that every possible source of data that can be collected upon, will be collected upon.
Every digital application that can be used for surveillance and control will be used for surveillance and control, irrespective of its originating intention.
Coined in the early 1980s, in The Age of the Smart Machine.
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tbqh, why would that be a bad idea? It's a minor feature from a technical standpoint.
It would annoy their (Apple's) users more than necessary.
LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
You have to imagine the Apple engineers who implemented this new clipboard notification knew this shitstorm was coming.
Apple claims that you consented you this when you agreed to the App Store TOS.
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I'm not going to create an account with the WSJ just to read that article, but from the opening paragraph I don't see how it support your claim. It appears to be talking about something AT&T did?
If you cannot access the WSJ article, the random internet weirdo has a Wikipedia page that touches on some of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev
LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
They conveniently forget your mail settings periodically, too, forcing you to opt-out of various garbage again, or to just trash all the mail. They're at least as scummy as FB, if not worse.
My (related) new rule: if your site demands a phone number for an account, I will not create an account on your site.
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It would annoy their (Apple's) users more than necessary.
I actually really like how Apple implemented this though. If apps aren't doing something very clearly nefarious, it's not annoying at all.
Very not cool. I am a medium LinkedIn user, but now it is going to be limited strictly to a PC browser, where I have some control. I just uninstalled it from my cell. I got caught in the siren song of convenience. Now how many other apps do this.
Why does a website or app even need access to the clipboard? I would maybe naively think that the OS could send the characters on the clipboard as if they were typed quickly, end of story.