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A comment on Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 10 minutes. Parent comment

Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by shepherdjerred on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:20PM (#33779865)
> I'm not aware of any Mac user among my friends who isn't aware of this.

I don't think any of my non-tech friends would know this.

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Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by billti on Monday November 28, 2022 @05:44PM (#33780960)
I think that's the point though. Our non-tech friends are exactly the people who shouldn't be downloading and installing random (unsigned) binaries.

As much as I love to hack and tinker with my OS, I also appreciate the safety inherent in the Apple ecosystem. That's why even as a life-long Windows user, I bought my Dad an iPad - I know the chance of him getting p0wned via some social engineering attack and having his banking password stolen are a lot lower than with a Windows or Android tablet.

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