[benreesman]

No we’re talking about Apple and the ostensible economic impact as opposed to the humane assessment of outcomes friend, and we can talk about anything from child labor in Foxconn factories to union busting at Apple stores to parts pairing around right to repair before we even get into how fucking illegal the App Store shit is.

[cutthegrass2]

Have you "de-apple'd" your life in anyway so that you're at least not helping to finance the illegal app store shit?

[benreesman]

I’m rotating things out of walled-garden mega ecosystems and into e.g. Proton.

It’s not done in a day but I’m on track to finish in 2025.

[cutthegrass2]

Nice, thanks. Making similar strides myself. Moved over to a Framework machine (which has been surprisingly pleasant) with Linux (also not too bad as a desktop OS in 2024) - coming from an M1 Pro. Photo's is my current sticking point though, do I really push everything into Google photos...