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> free alternative Only "free" in terms of literal monetary payments to acquire the operating system. But the choice between Apple's stack and other Linux stac
by munificent 6y ago
> free alternative
Only "free" in terms of literal monetary payments to acquire the operating system. But the choice between Apple's stack and other Linux stacks has many trade-offs in terms of time, support, documentation, complexity, transition cost, etc.
- zepto 6y agoAgreed, but that’s not because of an ‘oligopoly’ constraining supply. The only thing stopping those trade-offs being changed is people’s willingness to make the changes. Based on a lot of criticism of MacOS I see here, some of that is because people don’t actually want to change the trade offs.