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Re:Apple Shortcuts is falling into "the automation gap" by theglenn88_ on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:06AM (#43892847)
Perhaps the reasoning is not that you will abuse it. But could other people abuse it and use it against you.

If you try to paste anything into the dev tools in Chrome, it forces you to specifically allow pasting because scammers have convinced people to do it over the phone to con them into something. How I’m not quite sure.

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Re:Apple Shortcuts is falling into "the automation gap" by jjcob on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:13AM (#43892878)
Security concerns are one thing that hold Shortcuts back, but a lot of the stuff just doesn't work. It's pretty half assed. For example, sending messages is broken and according to forum posts has been for a few years.

It's pretty obvious that automation for non-developers is not a priority at Apple.

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