How do I remove the new Apple Intelligence RootKit?
I am very dissatisfied with the way apple in handling the integration of Apple intelligence. Nobody on the team seems to have an answer for me. I would like Apple Intelligence to be completely removed from my system. It is literally worse than any virus I have ever had. Not only did I not have a choice on the matter of it being on my computer, but it has tons of pop ups, it's messing up my my C++ programs that relied on things being in certain memory locations, it's taking up space on my computer, it's logging my data without my consent, and it has administrative access to my files. This is one of the most intrusive viruses I have ever had on my computer and I cannot remove it. It is essentially a rootkit.
On top of this, it is genuinely condescending. I do not need apple intelligence, when my own intelligence is sufficient to administer my computer. I am the system admin, not apple intelligence, so I would really like to have my autonomy back on my own computer. Especially when I spent a used car amount of money on this thing. I already tried disabling apple intelligence, but somehow it has increase in size. All of this seems extremely unethical.
The biggest problem that I have is that I was not given an option to say no. Once I updated my computer a little box popped up that would not let me use my computer without hitting continue. Conveniently, the box popped up with no information as to what I was agreeing to and the cancel button was greyed out. I did not think much of it, as I assumed it was just a quick update on the new software, but when I clicked continue, all of a sudden the information showed up in the box. Surprise, surprise this was for apple intelligence. I am not happy that I was essentially coerced into agreeing to put this virus on my computer.
I think that apple is making a big mistake with this one, as I am strongly considering never purchasing an apple product again. Until they release a fix for this virus, I am going to continue to call until my issue is resolved.
Thank you.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.3