XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.privacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-08 19:17, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 10:54:12 -0700, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-06-30 09:31, Larry Wolff wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> What "vital essential services" would those be?   
   >   
   > My concerns are not so much "privacy" as working.   
   >   
   > "Vital essential services" would be things like saving your work,   
      
   Which works fine saving to the local drive.   
      
   > accessing your data on a laptop when away from home or in any other   
   > circumstances where an internet connection is not available.   
      
   Which works fine as previously stated.   
      
   You CAN make use of cloud services on a Mac if you choose to do so.   
      
   Off the top of my head:   
      
   Contacts   
   Calendar   
   To do list   
   Notes   
   Photos   
   ...   
   .   
   .   
   .   
      
   ...and a plethora more.   
      
   But none are mandatory to use the computer.   
      
   I like having my data synchronized between my computer and my phone and   
   tablet, so I make use of them, but if one chooses to, you can perform   
   that synchronization for much of it by plugging the iOS devices into the   
   computer.   
      
   So anyone who doesn't want to use those services can operate their   
   devices just as well (absent the cloud synching of course).   
      
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