iCloud Keychain is super easy to use, but obviously you need a iOS/macOS to take advantage.

Is there currently any? This is the only reason I’d consider moving from plex.

There is zero chance of that happening. This is exactly what people said when Apple created a Mac App Store. Surprise surprise you can still run any software you want on a Mac.

You’ve never heard the term miles ahead?

Tommy is miles ahead of Timmy in math class.

Clearly not referring to distance but it absolutely makes sense.

He’s saying it goes both ways. The upper limit is a women who you would be half her age plus 7.

Source? As far as I know they didn’t claim to not know location until iOS 17 release. Up until then they could access that info, and were required to give it up provided with warrants. This has been a reason Apple has actively been limiting the data they have access to. They cannot be compelled to give up data they have no way of accessing.

They do outline all of that, explaining how it works. The private key pair and secret are never sent to Apple. And yes, it’s end-to-end encrypted of course.

https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf

Page 202 of you care to learn how it works.

On top of being privacy focused themselves, they are only working with AI parters who also pass a third party code review verifying that zero user data is stored.

Shit on Apple for not being repairable, sure. Shit on Apple for their walled garden, sure. But shitting on Apple over privacy is insane. They are they only big tech company that actually cares.

Here is the documentation regarding third party verification of their security claims.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/certifications/apc3cea61877b/web

I’m assuming for some reason this is not good enough for you?

Yes, only the person with the key can decrypt. Apple doesn’t have the keys.

Do you know how encryption works?

AirTag location data is encrypted. Apple doesn’t know where they are.

Apple cannot sell your AirTag data, because they don’t know it. It’s all encrypted.

For me the biggest thing would be apps. No way I’d want to re-buy all my apps on the play store.

Feel like I travelled the world reading this thread with the amount of goalpost moving.

Username checks out.

You’re absolutely spot on. Unfortunately no one here is willing to accept it.

There’s no security implications with allowing users to play mp3 files, they don’t care where they came from. 75% of my library is music that I either pirated or ripped from my own CDs, it’s not like iTunes (now Music) can tell which is mine and which isn’t. Same thing with movies/tv shows.

You don’t need to be on android to play pirated music. OP clearly is more interested in supporting the artists.

The bottom is quite easy to take off, just some screws around the perimeter and you’re in. You can unplug the battery pretty easily but it’s harder to remove as it’s glued down. Also I’m pretty sure MacBooks severely underclock the processor if there’s no battery so your performance may suffer. Been through the same thing with my 2013 MacBook Pro. It’s a Linux mint server now.

I’m not 100% sure but which power source you are using, and whether or not the battery seems more like a BIOS or SMC thing, so I’m not sure if even Linux would be able to access it. I could also be totally wrong