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> As amazing as Retina/HiDPI is, is it really worth trading "freedom" for? I think for most people that answer would be a resounding "Yes". Me included, unfort

• briandear 9y ago
  If am not even sure what “freedom” I am giving up. I don’t care about upgrading old machines, I don’t even care about modifying the OS. I just care about getting work done quickly and with a nice experience. Freedom for me is not having to think about the Linux kernel or carefully inspecting software licenses to be sure I’m not polluting “freedom.” I like MIT and Apache licensed open source software — but the almost religious fervor surrounding the Richard Stallman fringe of the tech community wears on me like the persistent, yet infuriating good nature of Mormon missionaries. I want the freedom to just get my work done without having to consider an ideological struggle each day. I care more about WHAT I create and less about the purity of the tools upon which I create. I submit pull requests for open source software I use and I am happy to by licenses/donate (such as Sidekiq Pro, or donating to the Vapor team,) but beyond that, I’m not going to try to perform tech gymnastics or compromises to make some “free” computer work “almost as good as a Mac.” You know what IS actually as good as a Mac? A Mac. Lots of respect for the FOSS folks; I appreciate your mission despite not sharing the obsession.
• bitexploder 9y ago
  FWIW, I could have gotten a Dell with a nice HiDPI display, but it is a lot of work to make it a good experience on Linux. Only MacOS has a good HiDPI experience. Linux is functional, but takes effort up front.