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I'm an iOS convert, so you don't have to sell me on the benefits of a closed platform. But I was referring to more than just software. When servicing an Apple l
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
I'm an iOS convert, so you don't have to sell me on the benefits of a closed platform. But I was referring to more than just software. When servicing an Apple laptop with a broken keyboard last month, I had to find an Apple-brand USB keyboard in order to get it into the recovery menu, because I needed an Apple command key. (Linux works fine with the Windows key for similar types of shortcuts.)
The idea that I needed an Apple keyboard to do something trivial on an Apple machine was... hilarious to me.
- zepto 6y agoThere is nothing closed or proprietary about Apple usb keyboards. There are 3rd party options with a command key - you just don’t happen to own one.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoSure, there are Apple-certified accessories out there, but you literally have to buy stuff explicitly catered to their hardware for their software to work right. Whereas anyone else can use "literally any keyboard out there", you need an Apple keyboard to work with an Apple device.
- zepto 6y agoThat just isn’t true. You don’t need an Apple certified keyboard. You just need one with the command key mapped correctly. As for ‘explicitly catered’ - the command key was on Apple keyboards before Microsoft added the Windows key, and before Linux even existed. It seems a bit weird to complain about monopolies while at the same time saying every product should work the same way.