From what I have gathered online, it seems like most people believe that macOS is (slightly) more private than Windows. macOSshow you detailed characterization of the telemetry, and you can turn most of it it off; whereas you cannot turn off basic telemetry in Windows.
I cannot verify this claim, since I never owned an apple product.
That being said, if I have to use a closed-source OS, I would probably choice window, since I am more familiar with it and it is (slightly) more open than macOS.
You can shut down all telemetry in Windows Pro/Enterprise, I believe. You probably could with regular, too, especially if you’re blocking all Microsoft domains via DNS, firewall, or other methods.
and you can turn most of it it off; whereas you cannot turn off basic telemetry in Windows.
If only most telemetry can be turned off on macOS, it retains some basic telemetry that cannot be turned off. How is that better than basic telemetry on Windows?
Can’t say I have done a “full audit,“ but I do consider myself relatively tech savvy and I would say - at least to me - seems Mac is a little more privacy oriented. And despite the fact that they turned everything into a walled garden and don’t love users tinkering too much, they do give you a ton of information and control over your privacy and telemetry. At least relatively speaking when compared to windows, an operating system that makes all of that information far more opaque.
Additionally, Apple is not shoving ads into my operating system or really anywhere besides the App Store, which feels pretty appropriate to me. They don’t seem to sell as much data to third-parties either (I’m sure they have plenty of use internally lol), but I’m not really ready to stand behind that claim necessarily because I have not dug sufficiently into it. It does appear to be the case at least though.
From what I have gathered online, it seems like most people believe that macOS is (slightly) more private than Windows. macOSshow you detailed characterization of the telemetry, and you can turn most of it it off; whereas you cannot turn off basic telemetry in Windows.
I cannot verify this claim, since I never owned an apple product.
That being said, if I have to use a closed-source OS, I would probably choice window, since I am more familiar with it and it is (slightly) more open than macOS.
You can shut down all telemetry in Windows Pro/Enterprise, I believe. You probably could with regular, too, especially if you’re blocking all Microsoft domains via DNS, firewall, or other methods.
If only most telemetry can be turned off on macOS, it retains some basic telemetry that cannot be turned off. How is that better than basic telemetry on Windows?
Can’t say I have done a “full audit,“ but I do consider myself relatively tech savvy and I would say - at least to me - seems Mac is a little more privacy oriented. And despite the fact that they turned everything into a walled garden and don’t love users tinkering too much, they do give you a ton of information and control over your privacy and telemetry. At least relatively speaking when compared to windows, an operating system that makes all of that information far more opaque.
Additionally, Apple is not shoving ads into my operating system or really anywhere besides the App Store, which feels pretty appropriate to me. They don’t seem to sell as much data to third-parties either (I’m sure they have plenty of use internally lol), but I’m not really ready to stand behind that claim necessarily because I have not dug sufficiently into it. It does appear to be the case at least though.