DTF STL is a fantastic show as are all of the series done by Steven Conrad.

I wouldn't call it an arms race. I don't update my client that often and I rarely have problems downloading any video with it.

There are also solutions for blocking ads without subscribing to premium.

If we all did that they wouldn’t offer an ad free option.

I’m happy to pay so others don’t have to, I’ve been both sides of this fence.

YouTube premium is good value imo.

The "ad free option" is also called "muting and looking away". Don't let them trick you into thinking they have the right and control to shove anything they want into your mind.

Sponsorblock offers by far the best experience. It skips over channel intros and outros, engagement prompts, sponsored segments, tangents, etc (configurable per channel) and offers jumping to "highlight" (that is, the most important part of the video).

Highly ironic that the best experience is free, and no paid option gets even close. Tim Cook watching paid Youtube on Apple TV device has far worse experience than some random kid with Firefox and Sponsorblock gets for free.

But it gives you access to almost none of your actual files

So exactly which of “your actual files” do you need access to?

The Files app cannot access images in the Photos app or music in the Music app. The only way to add music to the Music app is to copy the files onto the iPhone from a computer. You can however install VLC player and copy the files into the VLC folder. I guess VLC player is more trustworthy than Apple Music considering it's less isolated. Or Apple really wants you to pay the Music subscription, who knows. Want to give another app access to these files? You'll have to duplicate them, using up more storage space.

I get that it's supposedly about security, but this is not the only secure way. It is however the most convenient secure way for Apple, as now the only simple method of backing up and syncing files through all those isolated containers is iCloud.

That’s a fair point. I was expecting the typical HN geek answer that you can’t access system files on iOS and you don’t have root access

Is that typical? I've seen complaints about lack of root access, and complaints that apps don't work with files in folders, but I haven't really seem them conflated the way you're describing.

How would most people know what works best? Most people are only using one.

Why not? I've used it between my desktops and my phone with no problem for years.

How is that a solution? These attacks would just tell you to install terminal if you don't already have it.

That would help a little no?

Let's hope you never wind up in the massive email history of a terrible person because people like you will wish you dead.

If I end up in the massive email history of one of the most vile men in US history, please flush me down the toilet assuming I haven't already heavily invested in the Remington retirement plan

Then be careful to never do anything that is interesting enough or important enough that it will become newsworthy, or write any books or articles on interesting or important topics, or even posting helpful things on social media.

There are a lot of people in Epstein's email history who are there because the above kinds of things caught his interest, and he wanted to discuss or recommend them to others.

Sorry sheikh, busy opening windows in Moscow.

Best I can do is drown you in a bathroom sink around February 2029, not getting dirty toilet water on my good shoes again.

/s

Which is why I never us a phone that requires me to have certain apps installed.

You can uninstall almost all of Apple's apps now. Even things like the clock and the calendar. Not sure why the parent chose to leave News installed.

It can't be uninstalled on Sonoma I am using.

No, but they can tie it to the consideration of software and services contracts which has the same effect.