XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
XPost: alt.privacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2024-07-02 20:12, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 22:00:28 -0700, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2024-07-01 20:36, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:31:18 -0400, Larry Wolff
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/30/2024 8:49 AM, Kees Nuyt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> You must be out of your mind to concern yourself
>>>>>> with this kind of thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill, you must be out of your mind to quote all 245 lines of
>>>>> Andrew's article to just add your 2 cents.
>>>>
>>>> It's a worthwhile privacy concern to think about which operating systems
>>>> are designed to require logging into the maker's servers for most of the
>>>> vital essential services that comprise the core of the operating system.
>>>
>>> It's not just a privacy concern.
>>>
>>> The point about laptop computers is that they are *portable*. You can
>>> take them to meetings at remote locations where there is no internet
>>> access. You can take them to libraries and archives to do research.
>>> You can use them (for a while) if the mains electricity goes off.
>>>
>>> Being tethered to the mothership means that portable computers cease
>>> to be portable and are forced to be, well, tethered.
>>
>> Ummmm...
>>
>> I've had Mac laptops for more than 30 years.
>
> And they were all non-Apple?
Why would you ask something so ignorant?
I've had Mac laptops for...forever, and I've used them both iCloud and
its predecessor MobileMe.
In no way, shape, or form has using those services prevented my machines
from being portable.
I have taken them to remote locations where there was no internet access
and they continued to work fine.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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