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Re: Business Essentials

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Post by natch »

derefr wrote: post #80
chrisseaton wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's unlikely to be a thing they're working on. You can get that from storing your files in iCloud already, and these days is there any good reason to back up the rest of your system? If I had to rebuild a system due to hardware failure the absolute last thing I'd want to do would be restore all the accumulated system cruft!

iOS devices do full backups to iCloud†, restorable onto a new device just like macOS full Time Machine backups are. So why not macOS backups in iCloud? If anything, you'd expect it to be the other way around—in iOS devices, you/apps can't litter your homedir with random garbage, while in macOS you can. So it's more useful to back up macOS. † You can also make an iOS backup onto a local macOS computer running iTunes,…

Small nitpick, they are not full backups. I am continually discovering new gaps in what gets backed up.

One example: apps that you built onto your device as a developer. Get a new phone and restore from backup? That app is gone now.

I do understand the reasons why. But understanding does not make it a full backup.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by newsclues »

dolni wrote: post #147
ec109685 wrote: post #140

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I don't understand why it's healthy to provide one click access to the hardest core pornography to a 12 year old. Putting some restrictions in place are better than nothing in my book.

Because when you are an adult, your choices have real consequences. Kids have to learn that lesson. All told, a 12 year old kid seeing porn they sought out is small potatoes compared to the consequences of some other decisions.

Porn isn’t harmless.

Source: maladjusted, mid thirties virgin, who grew up with on instant and infinite access to online porn

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by spyder »

thih9 wrote: post #118

Slightly off topic, check out the HTML code next to the "Onsite repairs" box; the formatting uses strikethrough, but there is a hidden element with "Not" text before each crossed out line. I assume this is for accessibility or copy-paste compatibility; as a result the raw text still reads: > Onsite repairs: Not someday Not next week Not soon ASAP. I find this kind of attention to detail very cool. (Too bad "ASAP" is…

Looks like they are using the hidden "not" and the weird :after CSS pseudo element to draw a line over text instead of "text-decoration: line-through;" probably because screen readers don't recognize the proper strike-trough styling:

https://veroniiiica.com/2020/05/29/tips-for-censoring-text-w...

If that's the case than it should be fixed in the screen readers instead of still requiring CSS "hacking" in 2021.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by omnicognate »

Macha wrote: post #177
omnicognate wrote: post #158

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It doesn't. I have a whitelisting transparent proxy for my primary school-age kids. It's not controversial and they don't attempt to get round it or rail against it. If they want something they ask. If I say no (and explain why) they accept it. They're interested in internet safety and we discuss it frequently. Teaching vs blocking is a false dichotomy. As they get older I'll remove it in stages: blacklist, logging o…

> * Kids will resent any attempt to limit their access, and > * Kids are NSA-level hackers who will circumvent any attempt at limiting their access. There's plenty of people in their mid-20s now on HN who have been the kids, either working around their parents restrictions or their friends parents restrictions. I had an internet enabled phone as a 12 year old in 2004, so it's not a post-iPhone kid experience only. An…

To what extent this applies to 12 year olds is to be determined in my case. My kids are younger than that

I think a lot of the "try and restrict and you'll just harm your relationship" stuff comes from 20 somethings whose memories are primarily of their teenage years. There's 12 years before you get to twelve, and we're in a situation where clueless parents are allowing (knowingly or not) their preteen kids to have their own youtube channels and watch Squid Game. (And much worse besides no doubt, those are just a couple of things I know particular kids have been doing.)

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by mixmastamyk »

sbuk wrote: post #108
fsflover wrote: post #67

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Looking at the downvotes, it seems, it isn't. More info: https://www.cultofmac.com/230358/everything-you-need-to-know... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

The downvotes are coming because this has nothing to do with the topic at hand and you are both blatantly trying to start a flame war. You both have form on Apple threads. If they bother you that much, stop reading articles about them.

One of the main cards was explicitly about privacy and security. Find out more…

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by smoldesu »

sbuk wrote: post #108
fsflover wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looking at the downvotes, it seems, it isn't. More info: https://www.cultofmac.com/230358/everything-you-need-to-know... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

The downvotes are coming because this has nothing to do with the topic at hand and you are both blatantly trying to start a flame war. You both have form on Apple threads. If they bother you that much, stop reading articles about them.

Clicking through your comments, I think you're setting a double standard. I'm not trying to start a flame war, I'm holding a trillion-plus-dollar company accountable for a claim they made on the webpage this thread was based on. You're welcome to refute these claims or ignore them altogether, but arguing that people shouldn't post about Apple's history of privacy abuse only makes you look bad. Tanking the downvotes is just the cost of making a subversive claim on Hacker News.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by dexterdog »

pavs wrote: post #86
barelysapient wrote: post #5

2TB of storage for $12 a month? Plus the multi-device management options? Sign me up.

Google One has 9.99/ month for 2TB Option. Which also comes with a VPN. If Price is the differentiator, I think google provides the best value, but also provide additional services with their storage plans.

Google One only works for gmail.com accounts

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by vineyardmike »

motohagiography wrote: post #132

Smart play to focus on businesses with fewer than 500 employees, as those are the most likely to grow in the next 3-7 years into larger accounts, and they don't have the 12-18mo sales cycle and shennanigans of an enterprise. It's a strategic departure from being a consumer luxury product company, and the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas, but at the rate they're losing consumer growth I'd say they've…

> the shift to enterprise suggests they're out of ideas

Pretty sure its just the way to profit off of all types of users, keep cash flow coming and grow the business.

When their app store faces anti-trust, and everyone already has an iphone and the next igadget is 5 years away, how do you generate growth?

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