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melcat wrote:
Nonetheless, every time they do it I feel disrespected as a customer, and I don't think that's where Apple should be positioning themselves given the price points of their products. I upgraded my iPhone yesterday to iOS 10, and some iCloud setting had surreptitiously been turned on - every time that kind of thing happens, I feel like a new $750 phone would be less valuable to me.
In this particular case, there's clearly a constituency of people who needed to turn off Photos who are not necessarily comfortable with Terminal commands. Intentionally or not, Apple by their actions is sending them the message that they are less important as customers than auntie uploading her snaps. I say this as a former Unix sysadmin who likes the Mac partly because the Unix command line is there....Show more →
Mel,
I absolutely agree with you. I've always despised advertising in any form unless it actually provided some useful information which of course was quite rare. I can't remember EVER buying a product based on its ad claims or what in TV days were called "subliminal message." I don't drive a Chevy 4X 1/2 ton extended cab because of an advertisement - actually I don't own a TV. I bought it because it met my specifications based upon my expected use and hoped for performance. Obviously, the choice of anything is a compromise. Nothing is completely the way I want it. This is I think particularly true with computers and such gadgets.
No doubt, every time Apple "updates" its systems, they stick in something "better for us peons." Trying to jam me to iCloud is one of the big examples, but they've also made it harder to use any email provider other than the big 4. The finder default to not show drives and external devices on the desktop - absolute stupidity. I could go on but you likely have your own list. It's the "surprises" that fundamentally change some part of the interface or functionality I hate the most.
I think Apple's continued removal of "power user" controls and settings is particularly galling. I've hammered them with dozen or so "feature requests" on this theme. I truly wish they would listen and have a way for users to alter the interface in significant ways. I have no problem with them erecting a "Doom to all who enter here!" over the portal.
BTW I don't think its some much auntie unloading pix as much as the texter generation doing selfies they are appealing to.
Hate or not, we live in a world that makes us all "safe" but clamps down on those of us who want real tools and are willing to take the risks (and pay the costs) for modification and experimentation.
The ad beat goes on.
Robert
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