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+1. As sweet as their hardware and ecosystem is, an open ecosystem is better for users. I'd move off if I could get most of what I enjoy within Apple ecosystem
by reacharavindh 5y ago
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As sweet as their hardware and ecosystem is, an open ecosystem is better for users. I'd move off if I could get most of what I enjoy within Apple ecosystem.
- istingray 5y agoYes, lifelong MacAddict here. Something open that beats Apple's ecosystem doesn't yet exist today. But you can help it get there by being a customer and telling companies what you want. Re-creating an E2E iCloud suite doesn't seem impossible. For example Standard Notes is close to beating Notes - but it's still too complicated but with focused work on the UI it could win. Discussion of open source phones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28164208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28164208 Discussion of open source laptops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266315