This resonates deeply with what I see and feel about Apple. If you check my posts here I started being vocal about my personal Apple problems, before this I ha

This resonates deeply with what I see and feel about Apple. If you check my posts here I started being vocal about my personal Apple problems, before this I happily browsed here on HN (2008) and did not express my thoughts, mainly because here I have learned so much and witnessed startups becoming well established businesses. But something clicked after Mac Pro was released, a computer delayed for so long, that to solve my business problems I had to build several Hackintoshes. I hoped that this time Apple will be focused on professional audience, without any tricks but no. Wheels and 1000 buck monitor stands? WTF. And the pricing. OMG. Clearly this was a message: You wanted professional computer, you will pay the premium to stay in the Ecosystem. Fast forward to 2021. CSAM on the macOS, but trust us we will make it better? No way Apple. No f-ng way. This is my property, my data is my property. I don't care what shenanigans your lawyers are buried in the EULA, and what is "publicly responsible thing". You create user technology. Users have full responsibility how they will use it by law. Can you imagine your kitchen knife to check what meat you trying to cut with it? Because this will be the logical "tech" direction. Let's check you washing machines for illegal content. What about your Apple Car? What about your iOS security? Pegasus/NSO, what about big bounties for security researchers, richest company of the world did not have enough to invest in effective Red Teams? GTFO. So this was the "final straw" for me. Now my company runs ARCH on old Apple hardware and all the money that I have saved to participate in Apple's Arm transition will go towards solutions with maximum professional control and privacy. Instead of Mac Pro I plan to have this thing: https://bit.ly/3zxlkBS https://bit.ly/3zxlkBS. Instead of buying Apple's iSpy devices I will run old Pixel with Graphene OS or dumb flip phone. There are a lot of tech savvy pros that don't care. I know. They have not lived in Apple land and still thinking that "easy way" is the right way. That the ecosystem gives more than it takes away. That may be if they participate in this monopoly they will find a small or big business success. Apple has you, by the balls. UX from hell painted with good intentions and lack of responsibility. I on other hand will never run my data on something that is not FOSS. And will invest my money in adequate hardware solutions. And when time comes to give some "consumer" advice I will be honest to my customers and friends. A small contribution, previously reserved for Apple hardware and software. Not anymore.:)