Re:Uninstall the NightOwl macOS app now
by barbazoo on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:20PM
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I guess "modifying their device’s network settings" is already covered under whatever permissions we had to give it to perform the original task of switching on/off dark mode? That's a bummer. Would be nice if app permissions were more granular if that's the case.
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Re:Uninstall the NightOwl macOS app now
by WirelessGigabit on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:40PM
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And this is the risk that operating system developers run when you take away features or you don't develop features that your userbase wants.
Look at the amount of Start Menu modifiers there are out there for Windows. All because Microsoft keeps on changing the start menu. Why? I don't know. I just want to get rid of the Recommended section, but I'm not allowed to.
Last night I got a notification that advertised Game Pass to me. I angrily clicked on manage notifications and there’s a notification source called “Suggested” that somehow was turned on. That was the last straw for me. I go through so much diligence setting up my browser’s ad block, only for the OS to bypass all that.
For now “Suggested” is turned off and I disabled all notifications for good measure, but I don’t know how much longer Windows will allow that. I don’t intend to find out.