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If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by smoldesu »

SamuelAdams wrote: post #64
aunty_helen wrote: post #31

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In reality, you just don't realise how much bloatware osx has. Install a firewall and watch as studentd or 100 other services you never use contacts apple. Edit: List of most recent and trying not to include things that may be useful to me syncdefaultsd, nsurlsessiond, apsd, cloudd, transparencyd, mapspushd, cloudphotod, akd, parsec-fbf, appstoreagent, AddressBookSourceSync, com.apple.iCloudHelper.xpc, familycircled,…

Hey so I’ll be getting my first MacBook Pro in a couple weeks, so I’m still learning the details about OS X. I’m coming from a windows / Linux background. I thought the OS shipped with its own firewall? Would you recommend using a third party firewall despite having its own?

There are multiple firewall options, but it's worth noting that Apple can circumvent them at a kernel-level if they want to phone home. You should think long and hard about how much you trust Apple before switching everything over.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by egypturnash »

I recently moved from Mojave to Big Sur and I sure am feeling this. My Wacom tablet keeps on not being recognized when I wake from sleep. Safari's constantly using a huge chunk of my CPU and typing stuff into a text box in it is often painfully slow. There's a bunch of little constant aggravations and really nothing that's improved my life beyond "the latest version of Illustrator wouldn't work on Mojave". Which I haven't even upgraded to because I'm waiting for the .1 release of that.

Apple keeps on moving shit around on OSX for no good reason and it's just annoying.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by TYPE_FASTER »

passivate wrote: post #47
freediver wrote: post #18

Yesterday I prepared a few years old Windows laptop for my daughter to use in school. It took me a few hours just to install updates, remove bloatware (my oh my, the amount is staggering!) and fix privacy settings. And this was for Windows 10 which I hear is a mild version of a mess that Windows 11 is. I was instantly reminded why I appreciate Apple software more.

Sounds like your PC vendor installed a whole bunch of crap. I put W10 on a fresh PC just a couple of months back and it was a painless process. It was a W10 Pro ISO from Microsoft.

This is the way.

The last time I looked at Windows computers at Best Buy a year ago, anything mid-level and below was almost unusable because McAfee was using all the CPU.

I bought a Windows laptop (wanted to game with a modern-ish GPU). Step 1 was uninstall McAfee, and turn on Windows Defender for some modicum of protection. There are error popups for software I haven't installed when it boots. My parents have a new Windows computer which was showing popups advertising an extended warranty when I visited this weekend.

A fresh install of Win10 from the Microsoft ISO is very different from the typical factory configuration found on new hardware.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by waylandsmithers »

jamil7 wrote: post #3

Apple's software quality has certainly slipped. I'm not sure if I'm just getting old but I find software quality in general seems to have slipped. Or is it just because there's more software around?

I wasn't a dev when I used it but I remember OS 9 being very very crappy most of the time and OSX feeling like a massive leap forward

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by city41 »

handrous wrote: post #97
city41 wrote: post #85

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The push API is supported by every major browser except Safari. Just because you find them annoying is no excuse for not supporting them. If by chance Apple agrees with your stance, a Safari config that disables them is the proper solution, not dragging their feet.

It's a pure loss for non-geek users. It should be disabled—no dialog allowed, even—by default, if the feature's gonna exist. That hitting "allow" on a pane that pops up on a site—something users are conditioned to do without thinking by all kinds of shitty but extremely common web patterns—affects something outside the current site's browser window is unexpected and unwanted by normal users. Cases where it's easy for…

That sounds pretty reasonable to me. But that still doesn't excuse Apple not implementing it. Apple doesn't implement features like this because they want to maintain app store sales. They do this for them, not their customers.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by akiselev »

nickpp wrote: post #84
phoenixdblack wrote: post #51

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Since Internet Explorer is not supported anymore by most websites Safari has become the new worst browser in regards to having really bad CSS and Web API Support.

Yeah maybe you as a developer want some fancy CSS and bleeding fresh Web API but I as a user don't. The web is too bloated as it is, I feel that Apple is on my side putting a damper on that. Safari is powerful enough as it is. You want voip, notifications, codecs and so on - do the work and learn to write a native app. I'd rather pay for that than paying with my attention to ads in your "free" web app.

> The web is too bloated as it is, I feel that Apple is on my side putting a damper on that.

Like how Safari doesn't support WebP?

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by dmitriid »

phoenixdblack wrote: post #2

One important thing not mentioned here: Apple should make sure to keep up Safari Development. It's by far the worst browser available and the web platform is only growing.

> It's by far the worst browser available

It's not

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by can16358p »

mojuba wrote: post #96

Apple's new Music app absolutely ruined my entire local music collection one day, when updating from macOS 11.4 to 11.5 (I think). My music collection traveled with me from OS update to OS update for about 13 years with no problem. And now pretty much everything is broken, some files can not be played even though they are on disk, half of the album covers are gone, syncing with the phone gives a ton of errors. What h…

Music on macOS is a complete mess, even without a local music collection.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by nathanaldensr »

superasn wrote: post #59
freediver wrote: post #18

Yesterday I prepared a few years old Windows laptop for my daughter to use in school. It took me a few hours just to install updates, remove bloatware (my oh my, the amount is staggering!) and fix privacy settings. And this was for Windows 10 which I hear is a mild version of a mess that Windows 11 is. I was instantly reminded why I appreciate Apple software more.

1. Yes first thing I run if I ever have to use a Windows PC is this little gem called Shutup 10 (1). 2. Then there is another software called 10AppsManager (2) to remove further bloatware like Onedrive, Skype, etc. 3. After that I visit ninite.com (3) to get the usual software without toolbars and spyware. 4. For other software like ffmpeg I use choco or chocolatey (4). I am now a full time linux user but this was th…

They haven't changed. That's nearly the exact process I still use for for work and home PCs.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by dkersten »

cblconfederate wrote: post #89
underscore_ku wrote: post #69

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why do you people bother with windows? just use linux

Windows and linux don't overlap much in use cases. I think macos and linux are more interchangeable

What are the Windows use cases that Linux doesn’t do?

General web browsing type tasks are solid, text editing/note taking works. Videos and audio (including Spotify) work. Steam and games generally work (even most windows games through Proton).

What else does ones daughter need for school? She’s not video editing or creating music (two use cases where you may need windows or OSX; art is more or less covered through blender/Inkscape/krita)

Mint or Manjaro are easy to install and setup and come with good defaults that should be pretty easy to navigate for someone new to Linux.

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