[dangus]

MS does this because they aren’t in the same business as Apple.

Apple is in the device business. They make most of their revenue by selling you a new device.

A 10 year old Mac is basically a brick unless you want to mess with OpenCore Legacy.

The solution to this problem is to target a newer OS like Apple wants you to. Their users are going to buy a new system anyway, they’re the most affluent segment of the PC market.

[smoldesu]

> Their users are going to buy a new system anyway, they’re the most affluent segment of the PC market.

I thought Apple users were more likely to buy/own used devices than PC users were? I'm not fully caught-up on the statistics, but I'd assume that's still true.

[pjmlp]

Meanwhile PC users, plug a new disk into their desktop, or replace the hard disk on their laptop (plenty of options still available where disk, memory and battery can be exchanged).

[pmcp]

Still doing weekly live dj sets with my macbook from 2013, editing in Logic, researching music online, listening to Spotify,… Except for the battery, there is nothing wrong with this device of more than 10 years old.

[dangus]

So you’ve already lost feature and most security updates, 3 major releases behind.

I’ve got a 2012 Mac mini and it’s limping along with the OpenCore Legacy patcher. I got the kernel panics to stop but they came back with a recent update. I’m gonna sell the thing and probably switch those duties to a Linux server.