> What, exactly, is the definition of "meaningless" here?
Convenience means nothing without freedom.
> Customising your search engine beyond a choice of search providers that >95% of users use is not basic functionality.
Oh yes it is. Every sort of customization and configuration is basic functionality, and there is absolutely zero reason to deny it to the user. Worse, you (and many others) excuse this stupidity with some bullshit marketing mumbo jumbo that probably not even SJ himself believed, and I'm honestly sad to see how well it seems to have worked.
>If you don't like it, don't buy an Apple product.
This isn't about buying or not buying an Apple product. This isn't even about Apple specifically. This is about the atrocity that are closed systems, and the need for them to vanish into history and never come up again.
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> What, exactly, is the definition of "meaningless" here?
Convenience means nothing without freedom.
> Customising your search engine beyond a choice of search providers that >95% of users use is not basic functionality.
Oh yes it is. Every sort of customization and configuration is basic functionality, and there is absolutely zero reason to deny it to the user. Worse, you (and many others) excuse this stupidity with some bullshit marketing mumbo jumbo that probably not even SJ himself believed, and I'm honestly sad to see how well it seems to have worked.
>If you don't like it, don't buy an Apple product.
This isn't about buying or not buying an Apple product. This isn't even about Apple specifically. This is about the atrocity that are closed systems, and the need for them to vanish into history and never come up again.