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1. Grombobulous · 1791151552 · focus · HN ↗

   I no longer have a Mac as I’ve moved over to Linux, but my iOS device leaves me very frustrated that I can no longer disable this AI stuff with a simple toggle.

   It seems insane given that Apple’s competitors (Microsoft, Firefox, probably others) moved toward a global AI switch to make the choice easy for their customers.

   1. brigandish · 1791160371 · focus · HN ↗

      Stop updating the OS. It gets a tad annoying that not all apps will continue to work, but that's what the web is for.

      1. varenc · 1791161328 · focus · HN ↗

         Sadly not updating the OS is very bad from a security perspective. Though it's frustrating that Apple rarely provides any sort of "security fix only" updates, and to fix security issues you just have to install all the new things at once.

         1. incanus77 · 1791162453 · focus · HN ↗

            I recently sold a nine year old iPad running iOS 17 that is still getting security updates (17.7.11 a few months ago). Even iOS 15 (released 2021) got a security update in May.

            1. varenc · 1791165746 · focus · HN ↗

               I believe if you have a much older iDevice that no longer supports the latest OS, they will keep releasing security updates for that device for a long time, which is good on them. But if you have a newer device, after awhile the only way to get security updates is a major version upgrade. You luck out if your device happens to be old enough not support to newer iOS versions.

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