The 3DExperience package is the classic Solidworks, so it’s purely parametric and has a ton of legacy and advanced features some people need. It also really only runs on Windows, and don’t even bother with Wine lmao
xDesign is kind of their cloud-only Fusion competitor. It runs in a browser and has SubD modeling. I haven’t really worked in this one, but I would bet it’s missing features from Desktop Solidworks that would be dealbreakers for a lot of people.
I looked further into this and I think this is just really bad communication on Apple’s part. This is network slicing and basically lets apps call for a dedicated 5G connection tailored for them.
So if this is on, a compatible app can say, “I’m streaming live video, please prioritize for low latency and packet loss”, or like a navigation app can say “I’m a background service, I don’t care about latency, packet loss, or throughput stability”.
It isn’t sharing exactly what apps are being used, just what type of network service the apps need. So while Verizon might be able to infer what type of activities you’re doing, your actual activity is encrypted and can still be hidden behind a VPN. This seems like it’s just for better network stability and speed, and I wouldn’t consider it a violation of privacy.