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Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS

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  1. post_break · · focus · HN ↗
    One update away to revoking Full Disk Access in the future. This commercial has come full circle: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY
    1. jeremyjh · · focus · HN ↗
      You could say that about anything, in any OS. Windows is one update away from insulting the user whenever they login. MacOS is one update away from mining crypto for Apple. Android is one update away from sending spam to all your contacts.
      1. DaiPlusPlus · · focus · HN ↗
        I think it’s the threshold of them getting-away-with-it without too many people wielding pitchforks.
      2. rpdillon · · focus · HN ↗
        The point is about trajectory. Apple continually removes rights from developers, and then users, but grants all those rights to themselves. This has been going on for a while. I left the Apple ecosystem in 2011 because I was concerned about the direction, and in the intervening 15 years, I have not regretted it. The amount of random breakage I get on Mac is annoying enough that I&#x27;m happy to get back on Linux.
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