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Re: Killed by Apple

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Post by LetsGetTechnicl » Tue, May 12, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #127

LetsGetTechnicl wrote: post #72

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I wish they'd bring those back so simple and easy to set up. Could use some more functionality like VPN's and such but otherwise a great product line-up. Now it seems every AP looks like an alien spacecraft.

> Now it seems every AP looks like an alien spacecraft. Ironic if we're talking about the Apple Airport series https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Early_Ai...

Haha I guess you're right about that! I forgot what the original looked like

Re: Killed by Apple

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Post by troad » Wed, May 13, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #106

troad wrote: post #104

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I always thought it was strange how intolerant Homebrew is of users who are not surfing the bleeding edge. I held out using MacPorts for ages, but there came a point when I just could not reasonably expect to find the software I needed on MacPorts, but could on Homebrew, and so I switched. I wish Homebrew hadn't won that particular mindshare war. Moving from MacPorts to Homebrew felt like downgrading from an actual p…

The good news is that MacPorts is IMO better than ever. I previously did the MacPorts -> Homebrew switch, but recently moved back and am very happy with MacPorts.

That's good to hear, thanks for letting me know. I might check it out again.

Re: Killed by Apple

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Post by d12bb » Wed, May 13, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC

soperj wrote: post #95

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #87

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> I think it's important to highlight Apple's mentality: That old devices are dead to them, and their pretending they don't even exist anymore. Sorry but the HomePod wasn't "killed" just because they upgraded from gen 1 to gen 2. Gen 1 HomePod literally just got a software update a month ago with another on the way. The iPhone X wasn't "killed" just because they released the iPhone 11. This list is egregiously versio…

They used to just kill those things with upgrades until they were forced not to.

Apple had much longer support lifetimes for their products than all their competitors long before talk of mandatory minimums started to reach actual governments.

Re: Killed by Apple

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 14, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC

trvz wrote: post #65

usermac wrote: post #57

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Macbook 12" was the best form factor computer ever.

Size, but not form. Best form goes to the Neo, current Air, or 2015 MBP. They should be offering a 12” Air now.

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Re: Killed by Apple

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Post by fieryskiff12 » Thu, May 14, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #103

brk wrote: post #101

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This isn't really just an Apple mentality though. I have all kinds of old electronics and devices from Google, Samsung, Intel, WD, etc. that all fit this exact same description. If you've ever tried to run a hardware business (or really any business), you know that it is not financially sound to continue to support old devices that have been superceded (sometimes more than once) by newer products that consumers are c…

Absolutely, we could easily have any number of killedby[manufacturer] websites. A device being "old" is a common reason/excuse manufacturers use to stop supporting it. Just making the point that Apple is not a special exemption.

Even in a smaller scale, the VFX consortium had to be created when Sun stopped giving support to that part of Hollywood. Their position in the industry, the trends they set, and the intertwining of software and the "Liberal Arts" they clearly do have power upon, makes them a special exemption. If it was only of hardware they would have been out of business decades ago.

Could delve in the sheer amount of data rot created by it and their drop of 32 bit support, but would be even more broad of it.