Re:The Decline of the MacBook Pro
by camel_Snake on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:14PM
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The fact I can't uninstall certain non-critical applications like iTunes certainly makes it feel like bloatware.
Re:The Decline of the MacBook Pro
by tonyedgecombe on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:25PM
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You can, there are a ton of instructions on the internet showing how. Not sure why you would bother though, disk space is cheap.
Re:The Decline of the MacBook Pro
by coryfklein on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:17PM
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> disk space is cheap
Not from Apple it isn't.
* Adding 128 GB to a MPB = $200
* 512GB SSD on NewEgg = $100.
Re:The Decline of the MacBook Pro
by tonyedgecombe on Friday June 08, 2018 @05:02PM
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On my machine iTunes is 200MB, so about 30 cents worth.
My belief is that being able to not see stuff like that gives a much stronger sense of ownership of the device. It also removes you from an endless treadmill of software updates to something you don't use (some of which may even force you to restart your machine). Following someone's guide to perform hacks to remove something that the OS vendor clearly expects to always be there is both a hassle and likely to cause unforseen consequences in the future, so I don't really agree that the desire is actually solved by the existence of these guides.
I think that the stock apple software is really good. It is simple without lacking usability. It is something that you can really use and, if you need something better or more customizable, you can get third party apps.
I feel like bloatware is something that is very bad and not usable.