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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That claim seems like it’d be trivial to fact check, and indeed does seem to be false.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am not ever trusting a proprietary OS, specially when it has been actively advertised as "caring about your privacy"

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

It is the advertising of any market differentiator or specifically when it's for security.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

indeed does seem to be false.

That's from 5 years ago. Let's look what Apple themselves say about that topic:

Personal Data Apple Collects from You

Usage Data. Data about your activity on and use of our offerings, such as app launches within our services, including browsing history; search history; product interaction; crash data, performance and other diagnostic data; and other usage data

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

this is HIGHLY misleading. The page you linked is for Apple's global/web properties (hence "within our services"); device-level settings govern app and OS telemetry separately. You can opt out of telemetry on apple devices you own.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Which apps are launched from their website?