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New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 13:05:07 +0000

Well fuck.

Just dug my old Xeon workstation out of the cupboard and am installing Debian on it.

New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:24:30 +0000

Added to the list of reasons I need to look at this seriously. Thank you!

Think I need a per-host approval mechanism for DNS as well. There are fewer domains I want my computer talking to than not.

New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:17:12 +0000

Yes I'm using it because I don't use a standard Apple keyboard with my Mac.

The issue is mostly the user interface design is mouse first, not keyboard first. Windows was more than a little better on that front.

New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:01:57 +0000

I'm quite frustrated with some aspects of macOS, particularly driving it from the keyboard, so I'm probably going to get a better experience out of it in the end.

New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:54:21 +0000

I had faith in Apple until I saw the technology oligarchy and how they behaved around the current US administration.

New comment by Ungh in "Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier"

Ungh — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:30 +0000

Just spent 30 minutes poking around this. It's horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. All the intelligence and Siri stuff is turned off and blocked on my Mac yet it's still doing this.

Think this might kick me over the fence finally to Debian.