I find Microsoft user hostile. I find that Apple is interested in selling me a tool that mostly gets out of my way, provides me with some pretty cool features, mostly respects my privacy, and isn't shoehorning bullshit AI into everything. As a long-term Apple user, I feel respected. Beyond all of that, I like that I only have to buy a machine once a decade because their hardware lasts. I'm typing this on a 2020 M1 Macbook Pro that STILL feels modern, even six years later. I'll get AT LEAST another two or three years out of this machine if I don't do anything stupid like spill a drink on it (last computer died that way).
If the alternatives are clunky linux machines or awful microsoft machines, I'll stick with my Mac, thanks.
I can tell this is a bad faith argument considering Linux can practically run on a toaster if you'd like.
And if Apple would allow it, Linux could easily run on Apple hardware, but that's the user hostility Apple gives. The things you've mentioned Apple does, Linux OSes have been doing for way longer.
And yes, Microslop is user hostile. It seems any org with an ounce of necessity for profit eventually turns hostile to user. This includes all FAANG. And yes, though far less hostile (and still not an excuse), even Valve has made some user hostile decisions.
Ya, I didn't mean Linux itself (which I like) but that I'd have to run it on sub-par laptop hardware. I travel a lot and there's no getting around the fact that macbooks are incredibly good from a hardware perspective. Solid keyboards. Amazing trackpads. Really good screens. I've yet to find a wintel equivalent, even with linux pre-installed, that didn't feel like a downgrade.
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I find Microsoft user hostile. I find that Apple is interested in selling me a tool that mostly gets out of my way, provides me with some pretty cool features, mostly respects my privacy, and isn't shoehorning bullshit AI into everything. As a long-term Apple user, I feel respected. Beyond all of that, I like that I only have to buy a machine once a decade because their hardware lasts. I'm typing this on a 2020 M1 Macbook Pro that STILL feels modern, even six years later. I'll get AT LEAST another two or three years out of this machine if I don't do anything stupid like spill a drink on it (last computer died that way).
If the alternatives are clunky linux machines or awful microsoft machines, I'll stick with my Mac, thanks.
I can tell this is a bad faith argument considering Linux can practically run on a toaster if you'd like.
And if Apple would allow it, Linux could easily run on Apple hardware, but that's the user hostility Apple gives. The things you've mentioned Apple does, Linux OSes have been doing for way longer.
And yes, Microslop is user hostile. It seems any org with an ounce of necessity for profit eventually turns hostile to user. This includes all FAANG. And yes, though far less hostile (and still not an excuse), even Valve has made some user hostile decisions.
Ya, I didn't mean Linux itself (which I like) but that I'd have to run it on sub-par laptop hardware. I travel a lot and there's no getting around the fact that macbooks are incredibly good from a hardware perspective. Solid keyboards. Amazing trackpads. Really good screens. I've yet to find a wintel equivalent, even with linux pre-installed, that didn't feel like a downgrade.