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Re:The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be by KirinDave on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:16PM (#17413562)
The only assurance you have that Apple isn't producing a profile is their honest promise. Nothing stops them as it stands other than some hand waving.

And you cannot disable application telemetry in the App store which everyone has, including Apple's apps. Apple's approach doesn't stop anyone from turning their apps into a privacy disaster.

But sure. Windows telemetry is unique. Right.

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Re:The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be by brazzledazzle on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:37PM (#17413653)
I would prefer if they’d formalize their promises into some kind of gaurantee that was enforceable. I believe them today, but what about tomorrow? We’ve all seen companies change dramatically (for both better and worse) and do things that were extremely unethical and/or illegal. Companies are run by people after all.
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Re:The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be by tekknik on Friday June 29, 2018 @09:13AM (#17424254)
except for MS windows is a product, and for apple macos is a means to an end. plus apple doesn’t advertise in my app launcher or then use their data in their search engine (that they don’t have)
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