Just saying that using or enabling it is not mandatory.
Also, as There are no 64GB devices that support Apple Intelligence. All supporting phones start at 128. 15pro, 16, 16pro, 16e
Turning it off reclaims about 3gigs, but yes, it still eats up about 4gigs for a feature you’re not using, which is not great.
mandatory AI
Nothing is mandatory.
GPT is Opt-in only. And it’s arguably somewhat buried in settings.
That said, the local private Apple model that doesn’t train from you data is now turned on by default, but it can be disabled with a single toggle that’s right being the shiniest setting icon. You’re not missing much if you turn both of these things off. It’s basically just janky grammarly and budget dall-e.
Also worth noting, now that Bsky opened the doors to everyone, it has now tripled Masto’s registered and daily active users metrics. That’s where the growth is.
They used to get confused when ask to select a server, but now that they blindly get funneled into Masto.social, they get burned when they log into an existing account and are asked to enter a server that they didn’t know the selected. And there is no UX to recover / remember a forgotten server domain.
Every time there is a wave of interest in Lemmy or Masto, you always see confused people asking for basic account help in the comment threads.
UX designer here. People are dumber than you think.
I’ve seen a lot of people trip over it. There were a LOT of threads about it on Reddit and Twitter. The Masto gGmbH‘s folks also noticed this and they stream-lined their onboarding to dump most people into Masto.social and to skip server selection.
Problem is, people now get confused when they log into an existing account. They get to the “welcome back” screen, get asked to enter their server’s domain, they don’t know what it is, there is no UX to help people recall a forgotten server, and then people bail.
We know people forget passwords and usernames. Of course this was going to be a problem.
This is what happens when you start with architecture and don’t have a UX designer in the room before you write code.
As the legal landscape around this issue evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our north star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver
Good point. That’s really weird that they’re allowing it to be installed on those iPads. Although selling a 64gig iPad was also a weird shitty config. I can’t imagine those things are fun to use. I feel bad for anyone that got duped into that.