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by nkmskdmfodf 594 days ago
> I am thrilled to shell out thousands and thousands of dollars to purchase a machine that feels like it really belongs to me, from a company that respects my data and has aligned incentives.

You either have have very low standards or very low understanding if you think a completely closed OS on top of completely closed hardware somehow means it 'really belongs' to you, or that your data/privacy is actually being respected.
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eilefsen 593 days ago
"completely closed OS" is not accurate. apple releases a surprising amount of source code.

https://opensource.apple.com/releases/

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fsflover 589 days ago
The closed part has full control over your system, so the released code is useless for privacy/ownership.
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asp_hornet 594 days ago
Whats the alternative? Linux? Maybe OP likes that their OS doesnt crash when they close their laptop lid.
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seandoe 593 days ago
Crash? I understand people's gripes with ui, hardware compatibility, etc, but stability? All my Linux machines have always been very stable.
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rtaylorgarlock 592 days ago
Me too. So stable that I'm becoming less and less tolerant for annoying issues in Windows, and further more motivated to make consumer linux even more available and reliable.
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WuxiFingerHold 594 days ago
It's not that bad anymore (e.g. with system 76), but I understand the point.

I disagree with OP celebrating Apple to be the least evil of the evils. Yes, there are not many (if any) alternatives, but that doesn't make Apple great. It's just less shitty.

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_shantaram 594 days ago
It feels like a lot of people in these threads form their opinions of what desktop Linux is like these days based on one poor experience from back in 2005.
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righthand 593 days ago
This an Apple zealot thread. They aren’t reasonable or actually interested in computing outside of Apple. They will talk shit about Linux all day in this thread or any other one but if you criticize Apple it’s to the guillotine for your comment. I’m surprised yours is still standing.
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pas 593 days ago
yesterday I booted into my Kubuntu installation. it's on a rusty spinning disk on purpose. even after half of a century since the mother of all demos we still cannot preload the fucking "start menu" or whatever is the more correct technical term for that thing that _eventually_ shows the applications when you click on it.
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righthand 593 days ago
There’s a bug for this? Or are you just complaining thinking someone in the software contributors world can here you?

I can’t even find how to open the Applications view in Finder 9/10 times on a Mac.

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