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1. ryandrake · 1791149394 · focus · HN ↗

   Reminds me of all the de-crufting you've always needed to do when you install Windows. Looks like we've gotten to the point on macOS too, where you need to run third party scripts on a new OS installation to gain back control of your system resources and remove unwanted crapware.

   1. 2muchcoffeeman · 1791150186 · focus · HN ↗

      On windows you got garbage like trial versions of Blah software.

      This is a fully functioning feature that people don’t like for what ever reason.

      1. Grombobulous · 1791151723 · focus · HN ↗

         Automatically downloading AI models into disk space with no user-facing way to turn it off is especially hostile considering Apple as vendor of both the OS and the hardware is the same entity that overcharges for non-upgradable SSD storage in their machines.

         1. nozzlegear · 1791158303 · focus · HN ↗

            Like it or not, Siri is one of the features of macOS and has been for a long time. It's not just some arbitrary AI model that Apple decided to store on your disk.

            1. saghm · 1791165129 · focus · HN ↗

               And yet somehow they managed to not take up 12 GB of disk space that required running multiple manual steps to get back for a while.

               1. nozzlegear · 1791166492 · focus · HN ↗

                  Superfluous details

                  1. klrefg · 1791180509 · focus · HN ↗

                     The majority of Macs sold have tiny SSDs. So not really.

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