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Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back

515 points · 323 comments · privacyisntdead

  1. rsx88 · · focus · HN ↗
    The enshittification of Apple is going on. Debloating Windows, degoogling Android. MacOS/iOS was still decent a few months ago. And now they've put banners on iPhones, real advertisements trying to force you to subscribe to Apple This, Apple That. And you can't close the banner. Now they remove the option for you to remove the models. And Apple storage space is darn expensive. Now we have to use a 3rd-party tool to debloat Apple's OS too? To hell with that. Is this really the year to go full-time Linux? Steve must be squirming down there with the enshittification of Apple too. Let's shove AI (SI is different stuff, Bozo) down your throats. Jesus Christ. I suppose that's what the board members want. More revenue. Maybe it's time to start parting ways with Apple if they keep it like that. Corporate greed has taken over and user experience has gone down the drain.
    1. thenthenthen · · focus · HN ↗
      AI is literally everywhere now. Even my washing powder is ‘AI’. It’s not only ‘the board’, its spread much further. I am not anti-ai, but seriously fatigued
      1. saghm · · focus · HN ↗
        My wife and I bought a new washing machine earlier this year, and we ended up picking out a model that's incredibly "dumb"; two analog dials with only a few settings each for water heat and strength of wash, one button for pausing, and one button to start (which can be held to cancel). It's so old-fashioned that there isn't even any visible display for the amount of time left. Compared to the one we had before with like 50 different combinations of settings on a digital display with dozens of different LED lights that I had no clue how to interpret, I absolute love our new monstrosity. It even continues working if it's opened mid load to chuck something else in.

        I did laundry earlier today, which literally was just tossing a bunch of stuff in and hitting one button, then coming back in an our to move it to the dryer (which is still one of the dozens of settings and LED light appliances for the time being, unfortunately). It was glorious.

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