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Its encouraging to be reminded that still not everyone who uses Apple hardware runs MacOS exclusively. https://sivers.org/openbsd https://sivers.org/openbsd h

Its encouraging to be reminded that still not everyone who uses Apple hardware runs MacOS exclusively. https://sivers.org/openbsd https://sivers.org/openbsd http://www.sacrideo.us/openbsd-on-macbook/ http://www.sacrideo.us/openbsd-on-macbook/ However I have not heard any reports of anyone running an alternative OS on iPhone or iPad hardware. With every passing year I continue to think it would be interesting to observe how users would choose if Apple hardware and Apple software were sold separately. Would all users choose Apple software? Expecting to take a little karma subtraction from the thought police for daring to entertain such a nonpermissible idea. Par for the course here and well worth it.

mercer 9y ago
I'm almost certain that your comment wouldn't be greyed out if you hadn't added that last paragraph.
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- feelin_googley 9y ago
  Comments from me that are skeptical of Apple are always downvoted. Complaining is acceptable but doubting is not. I have tested this over the years and it is remarkably consistent. Its both amusing and sad. The clicks can sometimes take a while to come, sometimes days, but they always come. Whether I add something silly acknowedging this phenomenon makes no difference. They come either way. Its just a small price to pay for being irreverent I guess. I have plenty of karma to spare. Well worth it.
- feelin_googley 8y ago
  Well, I tried posting the comment with the last paragraph removed to test your theory. As expected, within 24hrs, someone downvoted it. I agree with author of the gist on many points. With iOS, autonomy has been removed. He failed to mention the user is not even permitted to use her own time servers. Apple is the sole permissible timekeeper.
Fnoord 9y ago
> Expecting to take a little karma subtraction [...] Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mercer 9y ago

I'm almost certain that your comment wouldn't be greyed out if you hadn't added that last paragraph.

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feelin_googley 9y ago
Comments from me that are skeptical of Apple are always downvoted. Complaining is acceptable but doubting is not. I have tested this over the years and it is remarkably consistent. Its both amusing and sad. The clicks can sometimes take a while to come, sometimes days, but they always come. Whether I add something silly acknowedging this phenomenon makes no difference. They come either way. Its just a small price to pay for being irreverent I guess. I have plenty of karma to spare. Well worth it.
feelin_googley 8y ago
Well, I tried posting the comment with the last paragraph removed to test your theory. As expected, within 24hrs, someone downvoted it. I agree with author of the gist on many points. With iOS, autonomy has been removed. He failed to mention the user is not even permitted to use her own time servers. Apple is the sole permissible timekeeper.

Fnoord 9y ago

> Expecting to take a little karma subtraction [...] Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html