Even without the privacy concerns, I think it removes the sovereignty of your own computer.
I decide what code I run on my computer.
A few years ago I had some peripheral that started iTunes Music.app every time I plugged it in. (Bluetooth headphones, I think). As I don’t use it, and there was no way to disable it I figured i could just delete it.
Nope! Music.app is a system application on a read-only partition shadowed on your root filesystem. Apparently it is possible by booting with the partition in read-write developer mode, but you’ll get to do it all over again with every update.
Most likely this is a non-issue for the majority of users but for anyone really strict on privacy it’s a different story.
Even without the privacy concerns, I think it removes the sovereignty of your own computer.
I decide what code I run on my computer.
A few years ago I had some peripheral that started
iTunesMusic.app every time I plugged it in. (Bluetooth headphones, I think). As I don’t use it, and there was no way to disable it I figured i could just delete it.Nope! Music.app is a system application on a read-only partition shadowed on your root filesystem. Apparently it is possible by booting with the partition in read-write developer mode, but you’ll get to do it all over again with every update.
Try this: https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes
Thanks, but it’s no longer an issue. I had a work-issued Mac, but now I’m all Linux.