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I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
People can criticize things they belong to or work within
> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren'…
> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren'…
What Apple offers that nobody else seems to is _consumer-friendly_ high-end hardware. I've been given company-issued Dell laptops (for example) that zipped along beautifully, even with Windows installed. When I asked the IT department where they bought them so I could buy one myself, they weren't even sure where they came from. I'm sure they cost the same as a high-end macbook (and performed comparably) but apparentl…
tl;dr -- "I'd go protest, but it's so annoooooying . I might drop my latte!" FFS: getting out of the Apple ecosystem is the easy part. Avoiding the Windows ecosystem, for me, has been much harder. Generally, there is somebody that will incidentally pull you into it for work.
> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren'…
The other problem is finding an alternative for Android and Google.
I wonder how viable Mac + Asahi Linux is right now. While I personally prefer AMD + Linux, for Macbook users perhaps Asahi can help break the dependency on MacOS. As for smartphones, ironically the best option for to break dependency on Google services is to get a Google Pixel + install GrapheneOS + F-Droid. Google Pixels are some of the very few devices with a fully unlocked bootloader, so it's viable to install alt…
> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren'…
I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
This has the same energy as "You criticize social, but yet you live in a society. Curious." People can criticize things they belong to or work within
Forgive me for treating his criticism with the same apathy that he affords it.
I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
The author's online identify seems to revolve around being critical of tech and Silicon Valley. I guess employees of Silicon Valley companies should be relieved that not even life long critics of our companies seem to be able to escape providing revenue for our services.