[nbzso]

"With that, I see this as Apple locking us into that ecosystem rather than a choice we’re making on our side, so I’d rather lean into this and explore it further than doing nothing. If it comes out positive then we’ll be ready to make the switch before Apple forces us into it, and if not we’ll deploy something thinkpad-esque and keep our production instances x86."

As a long time Apple user (personally and staff wise), please don't tie your business decisions with company that treats professional users badly, every time they can. Your median developer benefits from Linux knowledge in general, you can deploy stable distribution without fear of compatibility problems after minor software update.

Apple marketing and lure is great, I have fallen for their game for 20 years. But I cannot be comfortable with ideas, business and management practices that this generation of Apple deploys.

[Toutouxc]

> company that treats professional users badly > ideas, business and management practices that this generation of Apple deploys

Can you please elaborate?

[AsyncAwait]

They destroyed entire indie businesses by arbitrary changes and/or enforcement of App Store policies, not to mention they're leading the war on general purpose computing as we know it by locking everything down.

I want to be able to tell my children I didn't participate in that.

[nbzso]

If I compile the list of all anti professional moves that Apple has made in recent years I will get depressed and I don't like to be depressed:)) Here, watch this funny rant from proven Apple professional user, may be it will give you some insight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKJjLwMUPJI

On other hand most valuable company in the world uses slave labor and gives the consumer highest possible price, I cannot support this dynamic anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEERdbfH0c