@jsnell so, I don't use Macs, and I am pretty much an outside observer.

To be honest this (admittedly strange) solution makes me wonder, what the heck are they responding to?

Have there been some particularly horrific crimes? Theft of plain people's money? Or has this led to hacks of Apple itself!

Maybe if the crimes were bad enough the heavy hammer is justified.

@jsnell @nicklockwood @9to5Mac personally, I agree but there are problems like spyware which get nasty (did “you” approve it or was that your abusive spouse when you used the bathroom?) which makes me wish they had put the effort into visibility so there isn’t a way to capture the screen without user awareness.

@jsnell it’s the same as on iOS where it asks you for continuing confirmation about location-tracking or background-refresh permissions. Not exactly intrusive and helps stop the “grant all permissions to everything, forever” mindset.

This article explains a bit about why I realized that I don't want a more productive e-reader or a big tablet e-reader, if you are interested. https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/01/two-e-readers-that-made-me-reconsider-why-i-use-e-readers/