What’s driving me away from the Mac ecosystem: Loss of iOS sync from iTunes with no replacement. I used to sync two phones and two iPads through iTunes in orde

What’s driving me away from the Mac ecosystem: Loss of iOS sync from iTunes with no replacement. I used to sync two phones and two iPads through iTunes in order to reduce bandwidth use (Australian internet sucks). I can now use Internet Sharing options, maybe, but I have to plug the iOS device in to the Mac rather than sync over WiFi while the device is charging on my nightstand. Forcing me to use iCloud for iBooks sync, so my 12GB collections of books (E O Wilson’s life on Earth plus dozens of PDFs for things like programming, hardware manuals, standards documents, data sheets) filled the free drive and I get persistent nags about running out of space. Apple basically wants me to rent my library from them. Removal of MagSafe from laptops. It has only saved my laptop a few dozen times over 8 years but it effectively saved me replacing the laptop a few dozen times. Switch to USB-C with no USB-A port. Between removal of ports and removal of MagSafe, there is little incentive for me to upgrade from a 2010 11” MBA to the MacBook. The 13” MBA doesn’t fit in my camera bags. Copying 16GB of photos to USB disks over USB 2 is painful but at least I can do it without extra dongles. iBooks randomly deleting books from my devices. Sure, I can redownload from iCloud or the Apple Bookstore, but only if I have internet connectivity (there’s a reason the books are on the iPad in the first place rather than using a web browser to read stuff). The cost is not a barrier for me. Jony Ives’ fascination with thinness and lack of holes in the chassis is a barrier for me.