The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020)

Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by geoffcline on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:12PM (#29357001)

Music can be uninstalled and replaced with alternatives.

News can be uninstalled.

Apple TV+ can be uninstalled.

The apple card examples shown are minimal. such as adding applecard to a list of choices. the card type list shown often includes additional choices (transit cards).

appstore/arcade. meh. anytime you go into a store, expect to be sold things by someone biased.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by coddle-hark on Saturday November 27, 2021 @06:41AM (#29359409)

Imagine it was Verizon Music, Verizon News and Verizon TV+ that came pre-installed. Would you feel the same then? A big selling point of Apple products has been the lack of bloatware found in other platforms.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by geoffcline on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:40PM (#29506469)

I feel that’s fairly normal on Android? Idk I’m fine with an OS having some defaults or a “batteries included” experience, if they can be changed.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by Wowfunhappy on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:17PM (#29357032)

I haven’t updated past iOS 12 so maybe things are different now, but at least there—while you can technically uninstall music, iOS will routinely ask if I want to restore it when e.g. someone airdrops me an mp3 file. And of course, I can’t change the default app.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by KennyBlanken on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:50PM (#29357525)

If your device supports it, I strongly encourage you to update. Aside from not getting security updates anymore, which places you at significant risk: the privacy settings in iOS 15 are very good. Even location privacy for system level stuff can be highly locked down.

I have an 8, and iOS 15 doesn't feel "slow", if that's your concern.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by Wowfunhappy on Saturday November 27, 2021 @05:55AM (#29359214)

My concern is indeed that it will be slower, particularly as I have a 6S, which is of course significantly older than your 8.

If Apple allowed downgrades I would absolutely update to try it out, but they don’t.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by oefrha on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:29PM (#29357097)

Airdropping an mp3 results in a “open with” menu from which you can pick any suitable app. In fact, Music isn’t even in the list of apps presented. The Files app can play mp3s natively in a QuickLook style, no Music required.

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