openclaw fills the gap left by Siri and was built with tight integration with Apple ecosystem.
this how i understand the hype for something like openclaw vs the capabilities provided by zapier or n8n for years now.
i would say a majority of users are tech and non tech roles, who
(1) have an iPhone with all their contacts and data on iCloud
(2) have a macbook at work and use macOS daily
(3) use ChatGPT or Claude daily and trust it with their personal data
(4) aren't familiar with Linux or a VPS and don't trust themselves with setting it up through the terminal
(5) feel more at ease with a "a second macOS that i can debug visually on my monitor at home" rather than a remote linux VPS
you could still rent a mac mini but cloud providers will ask you $119 a month for a Mac mini M4 with 16GB of RAM. $599 is unbelievably cheap for a second computer with which you can do anything you can do on your usual Macbook
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openclaw fills the gap left by Siri and was built with tight integration with Apple ecosystem.
this how i understand the hype for something like openclaw vs the capabilities provided by zapier or n8n for years now.
i would say a majority of users are tech and non tech roles, who (1) have an iPhone with all their contacts and data on iCloud (2) have a macbook at work and use macOS daily (3) use ChatGPT or Claude daily and trust it with their personal data (4) aren't familiar with Linux or a VPS and don't trust themselves with setting it up through the terminal (5) feel more at ease with a "a second macOS that i can debug visually on my monitor at home" rather than a remote linux VPS
you could still rent a mac mini but cloud providers will ask you $119 a month for a Mac mini M4 with 16GB of RAM. $599 is unbelievably cheap for a second computer with which you can do anything you can do on your usual Macbook
That's a interesting usecase
Yeah four months of renting vs buying, speaks for itself