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It's as if Apple is on a mission to destroy the credibility and respect they had.

• adsjhdashkj 6y ago
  I felt like every poor quality controlled release they've had on OSX for the last 10 years has been trying to do that. I feel lost. Wanting to have a simple OS that lets me develop with unix tools but also "just works". The expense i pay for Apple products no longer follows this, for me.
  • rriepe 6y ago
    Solus has been this for me
    • neau 6y ago
      Elementary OS for me.
  • mhh__ 6y ago
    I agree. Apple are pretty much the only company in the world with the money, engineering knowledge, and clout to do a privacy first open ecosystem. On an Apple product you are free only to what Apple says is Kosher, why? Their customers will buy anything apple does, why not just go for it and be more open?
    • jhasse 6y ago
      money
    • valuearb 6y ago
      Because customers love the walled garden. An open version of iPhone would be a disaster for Apple and its developers.
  • rimliu 6y ago
    What stops you from using other OSes with much better quality control?
    • adsjhdashkj 6y ago
      Nothing - if i knew of any. All the Linux OSs i've tried is a mixed bag. A gamble. And i have a terrible experience with windows currently, so even ignoring Unix, Windows doesn't seem like an option. I'll probably give Linux another try, i'm just concerned of driver issues primarily. Finding the right hardware, having trackpads and graphics cards not suck, etc.
  • quenix 6y ago
    Apart from Catalina, I’ve been satisfied with macOS release quality.
    • Razengan 6y ago
      Big Sur is already a big improvement, even in beta, over Catalina.
  • vondur 6y ago
    Every MacOS release is buggy for the initial versions. It usually takes to .3 release to be relatively big bug free. Catalina seems to be pretty nice now, but the next version is just around the corner.
• bhouston 6y ago
  From a contractual standpoint outside of emotion, I think Apple will absolutely destroy Epic Games' position here in court. The only think Epic Games can hope for at this point is for the court to find Apple is a monopoly and engaging in unfair business practices but I think that type of finding isn't even in the court's purview -- I think that anti-trust needs to be a suit from the US government? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
  • rvz 6y ago
    > I think that anti-trust needs to be a suit from the US government? Probably, but I'm not a legal professional. But it is has actually happened before so maybe if the case for anti-trust is clear for Apple, it 'may' escalate to the US Government. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._AT%26T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._AT%26T
  • heckerhut 6y ago
    In Europe, private companies can sue based on anti competitive behavior. It’s not limited to government agencies. Makes sense if you think about it. I’d assume it’s similar in the states.
  • pier25 6y ago
    Maybe Apple will win in court, but it is losing trmendously in the dev and gamer space. I'm sure this was Epic's plan all along.
    • Razengan 6y ago
      Many non-Apple users are sick of Epic's wolf-crying too, and companies bigger than Epic have tried smearing Apple before (see Samsung). Meanwhile, Apple is enjoying hereto-unseen levels of financial and critical success. The only things the majority of regular people are paying attention to is when the next iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods etcetera are going to drop.
      • 6y ago
• m3kw9 6y ago
  If they don’t fight back they lose all respect.