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I never suggested that they should, in either case. I'm just saying that there are things that are lost by completely ignoring backwards compatibility. There are plenty of Mac-only…

I'm not sure why you're responding to me. Nothing that you're saying is anything that I've mentioned or brought up. I know what the downsides are. I'm just saying that the goals th…

I think most people, me included, are more than happy with the trade-off. That doesn't mean that nothing of value was lost in each transition.

>What was the alternative? Sticking with 65x02, 68K, or PPC? No, including an interpreter like they did (Rosetta) was an alternative. The "alternative" really depends on what the g…

This would be great if things like open source were more supported in the "real" world. Unfortunately, you're describing exactly why a community means nothing in this situation unl…

>Apple has been able to migrate between 5 processors during its existence by breaking backwards compatibility and even remove entire processing subsystems from ARM chips by removin…

Critical thinking is one thing but that "thing" is a process rather than an individual item. Critical thinking, like science, is a process that iterates upon itself. You analyze th…

What part of it makes it fanfiction to you? Multiple authors of the document are now in cabinet positions in the new administration.

Where were you for the last 8 years? If there's one thing the GOP is great at, it's coalescing around votes. Even with the thin margins, there are ways for them to achieve their go…

>Elon and Vivek have no authority to close a federal agency, and Trump doesn’t either. You're right but the Republican-led House and Senate absolutely do have the power to both do …

Why anyone would think we're going to get more transparency this time around is beyond me. President Obama started the federal Open Data initiative and Trump, almost as quickly, ne…

>All this hyperventilating over DOGE is distracting from actual issues to worry about It's not hyperventilating. It may start as a task force but it can easily and quickly be upgra…

You say this as if Trump will also not be in control of both sides of Congress. All it takes to make this a department of the government is a vote in Congress.

For what it's worth, it was part of Project 2025 - something one of the candidates claimed to know nothing about...

Which view is that? I highly doubt that there's any view that fits the criteria you just posited.

This is a spot-on, although incredibly weird, analogy for it. It only works if you use it. You get out what you put in.

Not as a single feed. The "Discover" and "What's Hot Classic" feeds duplicate that behavior, if I'm not mistaken.

It's not for casual users. The only way it adds value to your life is if you use it more than casually. It's a symbiotic thing. The more info you feed it, the more valuable the inf…

I've been on Bluesky for a bit now and this is probably its biggest upside. The "followed" feed is the default and there's options for a "Discover" feed to see related but not subs…

No one is forcing anyone to buy an iPhone. You still have that choice, you just want to force someone else to make another choice. It's hypocritical.

She'll change the toggle and then install it. It's obvious that a lot of HN users didn't live through the period of time where IE was overrun with toolbars for nearly every user be…

But the reason is there only one other competitor isn't at all because of Apple or the competitor and doesn't have anything to do with their practices. The reason for it is because…

This is almost exactly my assessment of this. Based on the action of these companies in the past (and especially Epic), the only thing I see happening by forcing Apple to further c…

How does that seem clear? Apple should provide services and support for people using the payment system without getting any gain from that system? You're being disingenuous to sugg…

>but it's so offensive that it invites crackdowns, implemented by ignorant politicians and legislative bodies... hurting Apple's bottom line. Apple is a billion (nay trillion) doll…