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At this time, I feel a 100% offline, airgapped environment is something of a niche. The way Apple has things set up, likely work better for the average consumer
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
At this time, I feel a 100% offline, airgapped environment is something of a niche. The way Apple has things set up, likely work better for the average consumer.
Apple is omakase, not a la crate. They have made decisions that they think are best for their consumers, and they are not trying to be all things to everyone. That has the advantage that if you are in Apple’s target audience, you get a very nice, polished system. If not, you are free to use many of the various other computers that are available.
- userbinator 6y agoThey have made decisions that they think are best for extracting profit from their consumers. Apple is no different from any other company in its unsatiable appetite for profit --- only its marketing has been vastly more successful. If not, you are free to use many of the various other computers that are available. The problem is others who think emulating Apple's path will also ensure success, which eventually means no real choice.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoCalling Apple “omakase” is a very classy analogy. Never heard that before, makes a lot of sense. Did you make that up? Just perfect.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago> Did you make that up? I stole the analogy from this article talking about Rails and applied it to Apple. https://dhh.dk/2012/rails-is-omakase.html https://dhh.dk/2012/rails-is-omakase.html
- CyberRabbi 6y agoOh I should have known it was from DHH. Really talented and smart guy.
- FullyFunctional 6y agoExtended this tangent, the conventional expression for this is "opinionated", but same idea.