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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by Der_Einzige on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @09:38AM (#43972842)
Why do damage control for free for tech companies when you can get paid to save lives with your damage control skills in somewhere like the navy?

More seriously, I will never surrender to this stupid idea that "the app store" or "walled gardens" are good. They are not and simply being on the app store is not a signal of trust for anything at all.

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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by mike_hearn on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @02:43PM (#43976227)
I didn't argue they were good or bad, only that it allows Apple to verify things.

Actually macOS does use these explanations sometimes. Calendar access is one. Anything where the rationale can be intuitively checked seems to OK to use them.

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