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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] Quicky@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’ve not come across this but I’ll check it out. Is that App Store apps only?

I think probably 90% of the apps I’ve installed have been through the homebrew package manager which likely means they don’t do any phoning home, but I’ll check out the pre-installed stuff and see if I can replicate.

[-] RaccoonBall@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Not sure aboit homebrew, honestly. thougj i was under the impression it was for every executable

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