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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by LeoPanthera on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:47PM (#26419590)
By "trick you into enabling" do you mean "asks"?
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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by SheinhardtWigCo on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:55PM (#26419655)
Asking multiple times to get a different answer is trickery.
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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by dkjaudyeqooe on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:07AM (#26420489)
That would normally be called "hassling" someone.

It's annoying but not dishonest.

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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by SheinhardtWigCo on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:41AM (#26433175)
Normally, yes, but in the context of an operating system nagging to enable invasive voice recognition features every time a minor update is installed, I think “trickery” is an accurate descriptor. It is dishonest to ignore that I already said no and to put a check mark where I previously removed one, particularly when the request is to enable an always-on microphone. Anyone acting this way in real life would be called out for malice.
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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by dividead on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:19AM (#26433725)
minor (5 Gb) update
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Re:PSA: macOS updates often modify your System Preferences t... by codegladiator on Thursday March 11, 2021 @02:10AM (#26421193)
Trickery is opt-in by default and making it hard to opt-out.
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