> Wow so in other words feature with privacy violation or no feature at all? I.E. if you need search engine suggestions you have to give your search queries to Apple then? How is it not problematic?
How the hell else would you expect it work? It's like saying you expect to drive your car forever and never need to refuel.
I don't need Apple Maps to suggest anything to me. Where do I go to disable that? I don't see anything Maps related in any of the Safari or Spotlight options. Forcing it on by default so Apple gets all my queries is bad in itself - but not having an easy to find option to disable it is worse.
Edit: Found it in Include Spotlight Suggestions in Safari options - that seems to stop the Maps results. It's a mess - Safari has an option that relates to Spotlight results which invisibly relates to Apple Maps results but there is no mention of Apple Maps in any of the Spotlight options. _And_ it is on by default - not enabled at first run after user consent.
So don't use Spotlight. The whole point is to search EVERYWHERE IT CAN which requires asking a whole lotta services about what you're asking about.
Remember, the UI is intended for most of many millions of users, not the tiny number of people wound up about each and every nuance of a given UI action. Most users either want Spotlight to tell everything it can, or they just don't use it; few indeed want a detailed list of every service involved and a switch for disabling each one (never mind the symbiosis between many of those services).
Oh phew - there's a solution - I can as well stop using a Mac!
>Most users either want Spotlight to tell everything it can, or they just don't use it; few indeed want a detailed list of every service involved and a switch for disabling each one (never mind the symbiosis between many of those services).
I guess there is solid research around this? Good to know everyone wants everything or nothing!
