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 Why "utter contempt?" It's saying that, even if I know for a fact that I want to give a particular app permission, macOS will treat me a like a child and keep asking me. Because Apple doesn't believe I am qualified to grant permanent permission to any app. Another sign that the people in charge of security and privacy features at Apple are out of control and that nobody who stands up for user experience is being heard. 24 comments
 @raineer @jsnell this is worse than UAC. UAC just asks people if they are sure they want to run something with higher levels of privileges than their account currently has. So if they want to run something as admin, then UAC is required (with an optional password prompt depending on the environment). UAC is really no different to 'sudo <command>' then being prompted for your password. I use windows regularly and the only time I see UAC is ... 1/ "Asking for one week permissions is untenable and insulting” FB14689927 feel free to dupe  @jsnell If you’re filing feedback, you could also file one about how Apple keeps prompting to login to Feedback Assistant. @jsnell I’m also aggravated about the removal of the control key override for bypassing gatekeeper. The people they claim to protect don’t even know it exists. @argentini @jsnell Maybe this is all to keep Apple Intelligence from getting *too* intelligent. 🤔 @jsnell FB14695544 filed and referenced yours, this is creating more harm in the long run than the anticipated "security" gain in the first place, notification fatique is a real thing. hopefully there will bem profiles/setting to set for at least corporate approved apps @jsnell it's also creating alert fatigue--it's not going to take long for users to just allow everything all the time. @sarahhbickerton @jsnell @aleen “That period”? Is right now. Both my employer and our client is requesting that I change password every three months… @jsnell As if this won’t simply result in users approving EVERYTHING (but at least Apple gets to wipe their hands of the damage in this decision’s wake). 🙄  @jsnell 💯 spot on. Periodically prompting like location on iOS does? Sure. Weekly? GTFO. I’d hope there’ll be a way to disable that or script an auto-approve method. @jsnell My first reaction to seeing this news was, "Wow, Apple is really telling gamers where they stand (not that it's anything new) by making it extremely annoying to be a videogame streamer on an Apple OS." I know this hits a lot more than that, but that's just where my brain went first. @jsnell can’t they just add a “Pro” mode that doesn’t implement the annoyances intended for the ignorant? @jsnell This is anticompetitive behaviour from Apple (wrapped in the guise of being for “security” reasons). It will undoubtedly have the effect of “encouraging” customers to stop using some legit and useful 3rd party apps because they’re sick of constantly being nagged at. There should always be an “always allow for this app” option! |
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@jsnell Somehow even worse than contempt, it's ultimately ineffectual. You're re-creating UAC from Windows. Nicely done.