Apple: Let us be Polymacous
Apple’s focus on security and privacy is making them release features that only work on devices on the same iCloud account, which will counterintuitively hurt people’s privacy as they log in to personal iCloud accounts on devices owned by their employers. As the Apple blogosphere is dominated by very good independant writers, this is an issue that is rarely discussed, as it impacts people working for larger organizations with dedicated Mac hardware.
It took Apple years to enable family photo sharing in Photos, as if all users managed photos individually. Eventually, they delivered a solid feature for shared family libraries. Before they did, people were sharing photos using third party applications, and in many cases, reducing their own privacy levels by involving more companies in the process.
Similarly, Apple seems to assume we all use a single Mac tied to the same iCloud account as our iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Vision Pro, leading to people performing actions that degrade their own privacy.
