Or they just got one of the 'good' models and tuned linux a bit. I have a couple lenovo's and its hit/miss, but my 'good' machine has an AMD which after a bit of tuning idles with the screen on at 2-3W, and with light editing/browsing/etc is about 5W. With the 72Wh battery that is >14h, maybe over 20 if I was just reading documentation. Of course its only 4-5 if i'm running a lot of heavy compile/VMs unless I throttle them, in which case its easy over 8h.
One of my 'bad' machines is more like 10-100W and i'm lucky to get two hours.
Smaller efficient CPU + low power sleep + not a lot of background activity + big battery = very long run times.
Apple is cheating a bit here. Example: I can see my contacts location in iMessage if they are my family. I can also share my location with contacts. Maybe that data comes from FindMy, another app, but it is still processed by iMessage and it is a menu option within the app.
There is a big difference between an App showing you some data, and that same app collecting it, sharing it, and linking it to your identity.
For example, Google maps could show you your location in a map, without collecting that data about you or linking it to your identity, e.g., by having the local app who knows your location ask the google maps server for maps including that location, but without ever sending the location, and with these servers never linking who requested the maps with which maps they requested.
If iMessage is end-to-end-encrypted, and you share your location with a contact, does it count as Apple "collecting" the information for the purposes of the privacy label if it is never stored in a readable way on their servers except to be transmitted and decrypted by the recipient?
I think your overall point still stands that Apple's collection within other services like iCloud can benefit iMessage functionality and may not be disclosed on the privacy label
While it may be end to end encryption I am under the impression that Apple has the keys so they could decrypt the messages if they wanted. I don't have an iPhone but I think when you get a new one your old messages are migrated over. Not sure if that is true but if it is that would almost certainly mean Apple has the ability to decrypt your messages themself.
If you use Messages with iCloud then I think you are correct. If you don't have iCloud enabled for Messages then only your device has access. I never enabled iCloud for Messages for this reason
But is it collected and linked to you via apples I message servers? That’s what the comparison is for, seems WhatsApp grabs all that, sends it to Facebook, and then links it to you
