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by devopsforlyfe 3066 days ago
Apple did it since approximately forever for kernel crashes as well. Anything to avoid any agency and shift the blame onto the user. https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...
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From the same page:

> Your computer restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...

> Your computer was restarted because of a problem: https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare...

Isn't that the message you get if you forcefully power off (long-press power) a hanging mac, instead of a panic where it would reboot automatically after the core dump?
Yeah, it is. A kernel panic dumps a vague message into the middle of the screen prompting you to reboot, in a bunch of different languages.
But in recent years, it also reboots quickly enough that you'd have to be sitting there watching to catch it.