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> ...and yet, how popular are Linux phones and laptops compared to Apple? Linux phones are about 3x more popular. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
Android isn’t really Linux, in that the commodity open source kernel is wrapped by proprietary value added software maintained by an army of highly paid professionals. You could swap out the kernel and no user would notice, or care.
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The way you mention this, it makes it sound as if this is the worst that Apple does. Another way of looking at it, is that if it's allowed for dropbox it could be allowed for other apps. End of the day it's your decision whether you want to still use an Apple device, assuming you have the choice, after knowing the potential problems with it.
But this wasn't "allowed" or endorsed by Apple. It was a third-party company doing something underhanded. Is there some reason Dropbox would be more trustworthy on Linux? I think the "lame overreach" hurts the credibility of the argument--even if it has merit.
More recently Dropbox has started using a kernel extension to support its SmartSync feature, which will soon be stymied, as Apple makes it more convoluted to load third party kexts in Big Sur.
Please, no more propaganda from GNU. It’s biased and misleading. I get the feeling that they had the budget to buy fake news on Facebook, they would jump at the chance. They’re the Breitbart of fundamentalist software proselytism.
Instead of being humble, they’re seeing the world as their way or the highway. It’s incredibly naive, arrogant and inconsiderate.
> In MacOS and iOS, the procedure for converting images from the Photos format[1] to a free format is so tedious and time-consuming that users just give up if they have a lot of them. [1] https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/export-photos-videos-... This (and a bunch of others) seems poorly sourced. It looks like Photos.app behaves the same as Aperture.app and many others. Your Library is a special folder. Your ori…
> In MacOS and iOS, the procedure for converting images from the Photos format[1] to a free format is so tedious and time-consuming that users just give up if they have a lot of them. [1] https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/export-photos-videos-... This (and a bunch of others) seems poorly sourced. It looks like Photos.app behaves the same as Aperture.app and many others. Your Library is a special folder. Your ori…
HEIF/HEVC aren't completely open formats though, AFAIR. I'm pretty sure there's some kind of patent royalty involved in some things people might want to do with them. That alone makes them incompatible with GNU's ideals, such as they are.
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Don’t forget security. Linux laptops are a gaping hole compared to my MacBook Pro. I really despise some of the open source crusaders that look the other way when things don’t fit their narrative. Common tools such as Postgres, Swift, Python, OpenSSH, billion other pieces of open software that are funded by the same companies that this article shits on. There is a place for proprietary software in the society. And th…
Let's be very clear, this is from gnu.org, so this is not "open source crusaders", this is "free software zealots". There are no compromises when it comes to Free Software, no pragmatism and no leeway for choices to be made that serve a purpose if they reduce the freedom of the software. I am not explicitly criticising GNU/FSF, but I think it's important to remember that they are always going to take the most extreme…
Talking about pragmatism, why do a weather app developers feel the need to get permission to access to my contact list, sms, my web browser history, and so on? It seems clear that regardless of what kind of software a developer, community or company do, there are political aspects that pushes away pragmatism. Simple programs that do a practical job and nothing else should be the norm, but there seems to always be a will to push it away from that.
...and yet, how popular are Linux phones and laptops compared to Apple? The list is of course right (perhaps up to fine details) but misses the point. Apple products, and same for Android, are utterly usable without a degree in Linuxology. You don't shake in trepidation whenever you do an upgrade. You also don't just install random stuff from enormous Git repos that cannot possibly be scrutinised for security details…
> You don't shake in trepidation whenever you do an upgrade. I really don't know a lot of people who feel confident doing a macOS update. The thing borks everything so often it's not even a meme, just a fact of life so people I know tend to be super careful with it and only update when the apps they use start dropping compatibility for older OSXes (or when they buy a new mac :-)).
I’m not going to deny there are issues with the Mac (or iOS) platform, there clearly are, but let’s keep it honest. While we’re at it, let’s keep it honest about other platforms too.
...and yet, how popular are Linux phones and laptops compared to Apple? The list is of course right (perhaps up to fine details) but misses the point. Apple products, and same for Android, are utterly usable without a degree in Linuxology. You don't shake in trepidation whenever you do an upgrade. You also don't just install random stuff from enormous Git repos that cannot possibly be scrutinised for security details…
> You don't shake in trepidation whenever you do an upgrade. I really don't know a lot of people who feel confident doing a macOS update. The thing borks everything so often it's not even a meme, just a fact of life so people I know tend to be super careful with it and only update when the apps they use start dropping compatibility for older OSXes (or when they buy a new mac :-)).
Have multiple macs and use them for both personal and work use.
“The Dropbox app for Macintosh...” seems like a very lame overreach.
The way you mention this, it makes it sound as if this is the worst that Apple does. Another way of looking at it, is that if it's allowed for dropbox it could be allowed for other apps. End of the day it's your decision whether you want to still use an Apple device, assuming you have the choice, after knowing the potential problems with it.
I could make the claim that GNU software can get you killed, because military organisations build applications on top of it. This is true, but it hardly seems a fair point to make in assessing something like GNU/Linux.
There are legitimate weaknesses and user hostile designs in Apple operating systems, but Dropbox is not one of them.
Edited to add: anyone who remotely cares about security would not allow Dropbox anywhere near their systems, but that’s another discussion!
“The Dropbox app for Macintosh...” seems like a very lame overreach.
The way you mention this, it makes it sound as if this is the worst that Apple does. Another way of looking at it, is that if it's allowed for dropbox it could be allowed for other apps. End of the day it's your decision whether you want to still use an Apple device, assuming you have the choice, after knowing the potential problems with it.
And the same people will cry censorship if Apple tries to enforce anything on Dropbox.