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lkrupp said:

mikethemartian said:

Fidonet127 said:

Why is Apple doing this? Security? With many people thinking of buying minimal internal storage, and using external storage for most things, this will not work. Even I bought minimal internal storage, to find out thinks like Audiobooks will not work from external storage. Really??? Those Audiobooks take up a good amount of space. 

Can’t some automation help in the Dropbox situation?

Probably because Dropbox competes with iCloud and external drives compete with Apple’s up charge for larger internal drives.

Well, that would clearly be anti-competitive and anti-trust so you had better be able to prove that in a court of law. Can you? Or is it just your knee-jerk reaction to anything Apple does?

...and perhaps there are some who serve to benefit from anything Apple changes (developers perhaps ?), and support them no matter how much something makes sense...?  I just want my mac to work, and if there is a major workflow disruption I want it opt in vs opt alt...
Every 'upgrade' has me asking about possible quid pro quo and data scraping now - trust Apple - are you kidding...?
Maybe as a shareholder but as a customer...? Is Apple's MO to simply keep tightening the financial screws on customers ?  
Embrace extend extinguish ?  Should that be applied to Apple management ?
Welcome to the post Jobs world on the Mac...

... by collecting so much 'verified' data is there a point Apple may be risking weaponizing its platforms ...?

Is this the antithesis of a 'bicycle for the mind'...?

"There has always been a narrow computing power range in that small block"

Was the i7 2018 mini (12 effective cores) paired with an eGPU & 64GB ram less than 'narrow'...?

My favourite for design configuration was the 2011 i7 mini with dual drive bays, discrete GPU and slotted ram...

rotateleftbyte said:

I was thinking about investing in Homekit but if there was one thing that would turn me away from it forever, that would be it in a nutshell. If Apple implements this then you can count me out forever investing in any home automation system which is kinda ironic as my Masters degree is in Control Engineering.

I hate all forms of tracking and adverts but as I'm a grumpy old boomer, I don't count do I?

For your consideration - 12 and counting: gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-analytics-12-lawsuits-statement-1850077715

"Open up your iPhone’s settings, tap “Privacy & Security,” and scroll down to “Analytics & Improvements.” There you’ll find a setting label “Share iPhone Analytics.” Toggle it on and off all you want. Tests from Mysk found that Apple collects device analytics data, no matter how you adjust the control"

SpiPod 2.0 ?