Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X
by com2kid on Thursday April 09, 2015 @05:43PM
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> It's like a car manufacturer selling you a car with a "feature" that takes away 50 HP to play a jingle every time you turn on your headlights, all because the got paid $7.34 by the jingle manufacturer.
Not that bad, but my car does come with what amounts for an advertisement for Sirius Radio built in.
:(
I was also offered a TON of extra add-ons when I bought my car. I'd say it was roughly equivalent to the process of setting up a new low-end PC in regards to the number of ad requests I got.
On the PC side, this is all typically mitigated by not buying the cheapest PC possible. In my experience (and this is not universally true!) the higher end SKUs are more customer centric, since at that point the customer is the one paying the entire cost of the device!
(See also, Nexus devices versus carrier branded phone models!)
Not that bad, but my car does come with what amounts for an advertisement for Sirius Radio built in.
:(
I was also offered a TON of extra add-ons when I bought my car. I'd say it was roughly equivalent to the process of setting up a new low-end PC in regards to the number of ad requests I got.
On the PC side, this is all typically mitigated by not buying the cheapest PC possible. In my experience (and this is not universally true!) the higher end SKUs are more customer centric, since at that point the customer is the one paying the entire cost of the device!
(See also, Nexus devices versus carrier branded phone models!)