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Re: Business Essentials

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Post by mlyle »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #175
oriki wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This, not to mention it seems somewhat unproductive to lock off 99% of the internet because of information collection instead of teaching how to defeat those collectors. The kid's going to grow up and leave eventually and will have to contend with the full internet, it doesn't feel like a good idea to leave them without any experience of the kind of things you can run in to.

Kids don't get any "experience" contending with surveillance. It is all done behind your back, on purpose. Results are never deleted. Certainly schools are not even attempting to teach countermeasures. They tend to dabble in the "be aware of bullying and self-esteem" issues, but are completely outmatched in the security arena. Ignore at your peril.

We, at least, spend a fair bit of time on:

- Advertising and dark patterns

- What else can be inferred about you from seemingly innocuous information, and potential misuse

- Durability of your digital footprint

- Security, file types, etc.

Education doesn't fix these issues, though. Even well-educated developers would often give up and click 'Allow' on a modal privilege escalation box that pops up repeatedly in research. And if I need to get something done and it doesn't work I'm pretty quick to re-enable scripts and tracking.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by jedberg »

Someone1234 wrote: post #15

So they advertise AppleCare+ features (24/7 support, on-site repair) but they don't currently offer that nor do the prices reflect those services. Page seems deceiving (have to read the small print to really understand the offering). With those two removed, you're paying for an MDM solution and cloud storage.

Ah! I thought it was way too cheap for the AppleCare part. I was about to sign up for just my devices at home just for that, because it seemed like a really cheap way to get iCloud and AppleCare!

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by zylent »

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.

Allowing an advertising company to scan all of my traffic is extremely unappealing

Re: Business Essentials

#194

Post by ronyfadel »

supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

Can you DM me? I’m working on something along those lines.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by zylent »

isodev wrote: post #54

I work as a freelancer and together with a few colleagues we are essentially a "small product studio". We all have "business only" devices and we are definitely going to try this Business Essentials thing. It kind of reminds me of how easy it is to setup a macOS Server. Very cool!

I'm gonna be real with you, macOS server is a complete joke. Avoid and kill with fire.

Re: Business Essentials

#196

Post by numbsafari »

vineyardmike wrote: post #190
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?

Agreed. They have been leaving a mountain of money on the table by not offering this, or a competitor for Google Workspace.

Re: Business Essentials

#197

Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #153

Sounds like a huge upgrade to Apple Business Manager. Two big complaints here: 1. Apple Business Manager refuses to work in Firefox due to an arbitrary user agent block, and they apparently still haven't fixed this. 2. "If accepted, your existing Apple Business Manager account will be upgraded with additional functionality that cannot be undone." - This is a really good way to ensure we don't try this. What if it cau…

The first thing I thought when I saw that block was wtf, apple? You have non-standard compliant html/css there?

Utter disgrace.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

dahfizz wrote: post #166
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trouble is, I think, that typefaces vary so much that some could appear to have a strike through when they don't. Or take for example the number 0 which sometimes has a fairly horizontal slash through it. Do you program the screen reader to check if the struck letter is a 0, and if so, consider it not to be struck? But... What if it actually is, and that typeface doesn't have a slashed 0? Do you only check perfec…

The issue is not with detecting the strike through. The issue is that the CSS of the hidden "not" element obviously makes the element invisible, but a screen reader still reads it. Obviously, Apple is abusing that fact here in order to insert elements that only screen readers would see. Definitely feels like a hack.

I understand what's happening (I use this approach myself). I'm only wondering about if the strike-through recognition idea makes sense.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

zeusk wrote: post #152
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trouble is, I think, that typefaces vary so much that some could appear to have a strike through when they don't. Or take for example the number 0 which sometimes has a fairly horizontal slash through it. Do you program the screen reader to check if the struck letter is a 0, and if so, consider it not to be struck? But... What if it actually is, and that typeface doesn't have a slashed 0? Do you only check perfec…

screen readers don't do OCR.

That's kind of my point - I don't understand how you could go about identifying words on screen with a strike-through in the way they described.
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