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Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by HeavyStorm »

eloisius wrote: post #254

If I could ask Apple for one thing it would be to require approval of every push notification that an app developer wants to deliver. That an app gets either cart blanche to send me notifications or nothing at all drives me crazy. I don't want to miss a notification that my delivery food arrived, but I don't want to be bombarded with daily advertising messages from foodpanda trying to get me to change my behavior. Re…

This. I mean, technically (or operationally) that's a challenge, but I hate that they use the same permission to bug me with ads and send me ultra important information.

Oh, and my phone runs android. :)

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by HeavyStorm »

More like

iOS 15 Dictatorship

While the ideas proposed are good, Apple already exerts a lot of power over developers. I don't think more policies would help us.

Maybe API that would allow some of those restrictions to be implemented by 3rd parties would be a good idea.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by HeavyStorm »

Crazyontap wrote: post #49

Even though this article is sarcastic(?) I can't help but get genuinely angry at these trillion dollar companies thinking they know what is better for us and trying to control and police everything. This is even worse than govt censoring porn and cuss-words back in the day thinking they know what is moral for the society. I was just talking to a friend the other day on how badly Apple and Google are trying their best…

To be honest, windows let you hack away a lot. It's the new OS that are incredibly locked down.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by simonh »

StavrosK wrote: post #220
eecc wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, you're surreptitiously adding a righteous "the people will freely choose what suits them best" twist to the parent's post. That's a rich assumption, history proves that "the people" just want their shiny toy and will sheepishly accept whatever condition imposed by the manufacturer. Remember IE6?

Then people arguing this should stop being disingenuous that this is somehow about enabling user freedoms, and outright say "your phone should take away your choice because you can't be trusted with it" .

Hundreds of millions of people freely choose to delegate those details to Apple, and we don’t want people like you forcing loopholes in the system so other companies can do an end run around those controls. Arguing that this is all in our interests is what’s disingenuous.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by wilde »

Ensorceled wrote: post #292
wilde wrote: post #281

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Apple also abuses push notifications to sell their services so I don’t see this ending any time soon :(

I can't remember an Apple push notification that wasn't transactional or an update notification (which is also transcational I guess). Do you have an example?

I had to turn these off. They were on by default without permission: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/11/04/exclusive-apple-a...

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by eecc »

simonh wrote: post #484
StavrosK wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then people arguing this should stop being disingenuous that this is somehow about enabling user freedoms, and outright say "your phone should take away your choice because you can't be trusted with it" .

Hundreds of millions of people freely choose to delegate those details to Apple, and we don’t want people like you forcing loopholes in the system so other companies can do an end run around those controls. Arguing that this is all in our interests is what’s disingenuous.

Couldn’t have said it better. Thanks

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by Arathorn »

KingMachiavelli wrote: post #25

Apple really is in a unique position. However their are a few areas in which they drastically lack and TBH it is not App privacy disclosure - everyone knows Facebook is physically, mentally, and spiritually bad /s I was quite anti-Apple for a long time on the basis of it being a luxury brand that restricts the freedom of its users. But it recent years as phone performance has become less of an issue meaning Apple's o…

> does your Apple watch get Matrix notification with the same polish as iMessage?

yes, actually. Element iOS has dedicated Watch support and provides parity to iMessage (ability to react and reply etc to msgs). There’s also native Apple Watch Matrix clients so you don’t need to be tethered to your phone.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by megous »

user-the-name wrote: post #468
megous wrote: post #454

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There's no "my specific way". And people prefer to defer some things to me, because I can usually find some way to do tings in batches, rather than them doing those same things individually using common tools.

Again, though, that is not "creativity".

"Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something somehow new and somehow valuable is formed."

Not sure how this does not apply.

Re: iOS 15 Humane

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Post by therealdrag0 »

itsthejb wrote: post #358
cout wrote: post #178

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I did the same thing for years, mindlessly browsing well past a sane hour. What changed is I started going to bed early and getting up early, before the sun rises. I still browse mindlessly on occasion, but my after-coffee morning browsing is a lot more directed than my drowsy evening browsing.

Another solution is no phones (chargers) in the bedroom. Have your "charging station" in the living room

Wow I love this idea. I should get an old alarm clock ...
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