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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by duped on Friday January 16, 2026 @01:45PM (#46650254)
How is allowing the user the power to disable software on the device they own "disastrous" for anyone
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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by fizwidget on Friday January 16, 2026 @03:29PM (#46651790)
It opens the door to tech-illiterate users being tricked into disabling security features, doesn’t it? Not saying I agree with it but I imagine that’s the motivation.
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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by clickety_clack on Friday January 16, 2026 @07:29PM (#46654056)
That's like saying houses shouldn't have doors in case the unwary are tricked into letting thieves into their homes.
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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by jama211 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:03PM (#46670298)
No, it’s not.
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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by ben_w on Friday January 16, 2026 @01:52PM (#46650404)
In general or in this case?

I'm also curious about this specific case.

In general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_XaJdDqQA0

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Re:Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? by jama211 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:05PM (#46670322)
Same reason we don’t let people set their banking password to “password”.
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