Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed Journal app on iPhones?

Re:Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed ... by smoldesu on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:27PM (#39048769)

I think they're specifically mad about the app installing itself automatically. Free first-party content is fine, but preinstalling it for each user feels like borderline-promotion. Similar to the "generous" U2 giveaway that some of us still have as scars on our Apple Music library.

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Re:Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed ... by grok29 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:41PM (#39048921)

It didn’t install itself. It came as part of an OS release. Even Linus distros do that.

And promotion of what exactly? They announced that this would be a new feature of the OS.

The idea that they aren’t allowed to add apps with new releases makes no sense at all.

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Re:Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed ... by smoldesu on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:52PM (#39049056)

I have no dog in this fight. My $0.02 is that I prefer when all manufacturers (Apple, Android or otherwise) don't preinstall optional software, and let me install it myself if I want it. I empathize with the OP.

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Re:Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed ... by grok29 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:54PM (#39049088)

Dunno man - I just looked at your comments… Let’s just say it looks like you have a strong viewpoint about a certain company.

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Re:Ask HN: Is no one bothered that Apple silently installed ... by subtra3t on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:52AM (#39053585)

So your only argument is to cherrypick some comments from the comment history of the person you're arguing with? Ad hominem..?

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