I agree with all of this. I was away for the last 2 days on a video shoot so I missed this dust-up until now but Jason is absolutely right. 17 years ago, Apple rightfully skewered Vista for this same sort of behavior. I actually think the Sequoia stuff is worse. https://zeppelin.flights/@jsnell/112922329846385002
Jason Snell :zeppelin: (@[email protected])

Just posted on Six Colors: Apple’s permissions features are out of balance https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apples-permissions-features-are-out-of-balance/

The Incomparable
@film_girl this is absolutely the kind of thing that is pushing me towards a platform laptop running linux for my next computer. I want my expensive computer to be for me and be mine.