Don't want to sound like I'm proselytizing, but unless you run Linux, your computer really isn't yours (closed firmware aside).
Microsoft is just as bad at treating your hardware as theirs that they so graciously allow you to use (in between forced updates, criticizing your browser choices, and trying to trick you into storing everything you do in one drive)
I've said for years that the very last power we have as consumers is the ability to turn off our internet and still be able to use our devices. That is my minimum expectation of any company.
Fridge needs an internet connection, fuck you. TV won't work unless it's connected to the internet, fuck you.
But most especially (and this is why I moved to Linux originally), computer needs to always be connected to the internet even if all I'm doing is opening an office program that has nothing to do online? Go fuck yourself.
The ability to unplug my ethernet cable and still be able to use 99% of my computer with the exception of email and a web browser is the absolutely most basic human right left to us.
My computer runs Linux.
Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program you run, and when and where you ran it
I'm not using Apple hardware or software, so I doubt it.
The version of macOS that was released today, 11.0, also known as Big Sur…
Good thing we’re on top of things here on the fediverse.
This is from 2020. You absolutely can use Little Snitch or a similar firewall to block this traffic.
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/02/23/how-to-run-apps-in-private/
4 year old article
Why is this four year old story being reposted?
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