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That keyboard was terrible. Johnny Ive definitely went off the rails and this was a good example. They admitted it was crap and don't ship it anymore. I don't

That keyboard was terrible. Johnny Ive definitely went off the rails and this was a good example. They admitted it was crap and don't ship it anymore. I don't remember anything about broken backlights being a thing? Can you point me to an article or documentation where this was widespread? I assume by updates locking down the system, you're talking about things like gatekeeper. What ways has this actually impacted you? What can't you run, and are these apps that have had any active developer attention in years? You say they've lost their quality edge. Do you mean quality control coming out of their factory? That their defect rates have gone up? Or do you mean their products are being poorly designed?

dleslie 6y ago
> I don't remember anything about broken backlights being a thing? Can you point me to an article or documentation where this was widespread? https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/20/apple-sued-over-stage-light-macbook-pro-display-issue https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/20/apple-sued-over-s... > What ways has this actually impacted you? None of Apple's mistakes have impacted me because I refuse to purchase broken hardware powering a walled garden. > are these apps that have had any active developer attention in years? I've got apps I run in PCem because Dosbox won't cut it. Why should I stop using software I prefer simply because someone has made something similar, wrapped in electron, running atop a hideous tower of dependencies and bloat? Hilariously, emulating a 90s PC running FreeDOS takes less memory and CPU than utilizing some modern alternatives. > Do you mean quality control coming out of their factory? That their defect rates have gone up? Or do you mean their products are being poorly designed? Backlight failures are both design and factory quality. The app lockout was software quality and design. The keyboard was design.

dleslie 6y ago

> I don't remember anything about broken backlights being a thing? Can you point me to an article or documentation where this was widespread? https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/20/apple-sued-over-stage-light-macbook-pro-display-issue https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/20/apple-sued-over-s... > What ways has this actually impacted you? None of Apple's mistakes have impacted me because I refuse to purchase broken hardware powering a walled garden. > are these apps that have had any active developer attention in years? I've got apps I run in PCem because Dosbox won't cut it. Why should I stop using software I prefer simply because someone has made something similar, wrapped in electron, running atop a hideous tower of dependencies and bloat? Hilariously, emulating a 90s PC running FreeDOS takes less memory and CPU than utilizing some modern alternatives. > Do you mean quality control coming out of their factory? That their defect rates have gone up? Or do you mean their products are being poorly designed? Backlight failures are both design and factory quality. The app lockout was software quality and design. The keyboard was design.