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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 2 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nromiun ◴[22 May 20 15:50 UTC] No.23273360[source]▶
> This is not just for files downloaded from the internet, nor is it only when you launch them via Finder, this is everything. So even if you write a one line shell script and run it in a terminal, you will get a delay!

> Apple’s most recent OS where it appears that low-level system API such as exec and getxattr now do synchronous network activity before returning to the caller.

Can anyone confirm this? Because honestly this is just terrifying. I don't think even Windows authorises every process from a server. This doesn't sound good for both privacy and speed.

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dTal ◴[22 May 20 23:24 UTC] No.23278253[source]▶
Making this about speed is burying the lede. From a privacy and user-freedom perspective, it's horrifying.

Don't think so? Apple now theoretically has a centralized database of every Mac user who's ever used youtube-dl. Or Tor. Or TrueCrypt.

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gitgud ◴[23 May 20 00:27 UTC] No.23278648[source]▶
Richard Stallman's ideals have become a bit less crazy for me now...

Either you have the ability to control the software, or it controls you

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1. verytrivial ◴[23 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23282939{3}[source]▶
I think coming to this realisation about Stallman's ideas (not the man, mind) is something that most rational computer users are bound to do. It happens at different times for different people, but I think people very rarely go back after that "Hang on a second ....??" moment.
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2. m463 ◴[24 May 20 14:31 UTC] No.23291770[source]▶
I remember once he said "proprietary software subjugates people" and I just sort of blinked a bit. It seemed sort of over the top. And over time I started to understand that the way things end up working out, it is very true.