The butterfly switch Macbook Pro keyboards prove it isn't just a perceived regression. I get the appeal of the Apple Universe: It Just Works, everything is cra

The butterfly switch Macbook Pro keyboards prove it isn't just a perceived regression. I get the appeal of the Apple Universe: It Just Works, everything is crafted, etc. The problem with that idea is that it's been eroded from two directions: Apple's own incompetence at making hardware and software which Just Works, and everyone else catching up to Apple at lower price points and, as I said before, while offering more meaningful choice than Apple has since the days of the Apple II. I remember when I needed ndiswrapper to use WiFi on a laptop under Linux. I remember when I needed a bizarre Frankenstein pseudo-FTP setup to access NTFS partitions on Linux. I remember when USB didn't exist and you needed device drivers for every single thing. Those days are gone. Macs not having to deal with those things is no longer a competitive advantage. These days, Macs are only really special in that they tie you to the Apple universe. I'm not interested in being tied to a corporation like that.