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Comment by urda

4 years ago

I cannot replicate this, I believe the twitter use got hooked on a red herring here. To be fair anything anti-apple is a quick way to get clicks.

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leodriesch  4 years ago

The screenshots are from a version before the Big Sur visual refresh, so at least 2 major versions behind the current release.

Could just be a bug that has been fixed already.

  • outworlder  4 years ago

    I saw infrequent scans from locationd, every few minutes. Until I opened the Maps app, that is. Then it started triggering frequent scans.

    Sure, Maps may want to know your location, but it should not have the ability to constantly poll wifi.

    Also, different chipsets may display different behavior. Older wifi chipsets may have more trouble with this.

  • urda  4 years ago

    I did not realize this / check this. I had made the assumption of latest macOS and-what-have-you.

    I however, cannot setup that environment right now.

urda  4 years ago

Downvotes because another user disagreed with a tweet after they made a fair attempt to reproduce the issue? That's not the spirit of HN.

  • Dylan16807  4 years ago

    You got downvotes for being wrong about the issue being real. You get credit for attempting a test but your personal test failed. Oh well. A few downvotes in that case are normal and fine.

  • cmeacham98  4 years ago

    Don't play dumb, you're receiving downvotes because you implied OP was lying:

    > To be fair anything anti-apple is a quick way to get clicks.

mhh__  4 years ago

Anything apple (both ways) is a good way to get clicks on hackernews at least.

  • urda  4 years ago

    This is also true!

    I just can't replicate it, and another user ( leodriesch ) pointed out they may be a few versions behind. That's not something I can replicate right now.

  • pessimizer  4 years ago

    It's a lot better than it used to be, when every Daring Fireball entry stayed on the front page for days.