Instead of Bluetooth defaulting to on, and re-enabling itself next day if you turn it off from the control center, I'd like for Bluetooth to default to off. You'd have to enable it from the control center, and it would disable itself after a certain period of inactivity.
I suppose that won't happen, as it would wreck the Find My network if it depends solely on Bluetooth.
You can create a Shortcut (in the Shortcuts app) that actually turns off Bluetooth completely. Then you can add automation to run your "turn bluetooth off" shortcut multiple times a day. Haven't look into it but you might be able to create another shortcut that turns Bluetooth on, but then sets a background timer for X minutes after which it'll then turn Bluetooth off again.
Not that elegant of course, but sort of makes it possible.
When you turn off bluetooth from CC, it’s not even turning it off. The radio is still on - it just doesn’t make any new connections. You have to turn it off in preferences for that.
It's more than find my. Bluetooth just being on is core to the just works experience for airpods, apple watch, and a bunch of other smaller features. And the reasons for turning it off are vanishingly small for the average person.
For security this is probably something that could be brought in to lockdown mode for people who want absolute security over convenience.
That would be a good safety-first default. If Control Center could have buttons linked to iOS Automations for radio state, then advanced users could control this behavior with custom scripts.
> wreck the Find Me network if it depends solely on Bluetooth
Find Me presumably uses all identifiable radios, including BT, UWB, Wi-Fi.
It's not really a question, hardware switches work and companies refuse to put them in so they can... shrink the profile of devices in ways that rely on rare earth minerals to an unsustainable degree when combined with the typical replacement rate.
Hopefully legislated right-to-repair can open the door to aftermarket mods, including phone body with new switches that can electrically disconnect specific sensors.
I worry about requiring switches in the same way one can require a universal standard for power delivery. (The EU did that recently... good move IMO, though I can understand the delay since discussions about amperages and whatnot do take time.[0])
Maybe requiring anyone who wants to contract with the US government to offer such a model, and that said model be available for consumer purchase as well, would be a simple solution.
They sometimes won't let say, Russia, buy the same stuff as say... Canada... but that's usually stuff like night vision goggles. The exact same phone or laptop, just slightly larger with more switches shouldn't have any... I think the word is "export controls"?
Please keep in mind, I am not a lawyer, and I'm very stupid -- I only have a master's degree -- so sometimes the things I say are wrong... please only credit me for the times I'm right. Thx!
I'm off to do more drugs now... have a nice Thursday!!
"Right to Repair" is the terminology that has gained the most legal traction (e.g. some narrowly-scoped legislation) in the US and EU. https://www.repair.org/