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Apple coddling it's users is not coddling everyone. You still have Android, Pinephone, Linux laptops, Virtual Machines, and a whole host of other enthusiast pla
by zaphar 5y ago
Apple coddling it's users is not coddling everyone. You still have Android, Pinephone, Linux laptops, Virtual Machines, and a whole host of other enthusiast platforms.
Even though the vast majority of cars have a plethora of safety features there is is still a thriving amateur racing scene that isn't going away and is a path for those who want to be race car drivers. Meanwhile I get a car that I can turn on cruise control in traffic and not have to think as hard about speed and as a result get a much safer and more enjoyable experience on long car trips.
- swiley 5y agoThe affect is the same, it's most apparent in chat apps. Because of Apple's abuse of its ownership of people's phones there are no popular decentralized chat apps. It's not feasible to maintain a chat app for iOS by volunteers because the app authors must also maintain infrastructure for push notifications (Apple does not allow this to be delegated to, for example, the chat server operators who already have volunteers that can handle this.)
- ashneo76 5y agoApple coddling is taken like word from god. The IT them at my work threatened about disabling SIP. Apple can go fuck itself with that crap. I have sudo, I alike be able to shoot myself in the foot. And I have and that made me a better engineer today. I should be able to disable that