> They are neither trying to help nor hinder third-party OSes. That's naive. It is absolutely part of their design goals to plan for obsolescence and to preve

> They are neither trying to help nor hinder third-party OSes. That's naive. It is absolutely part of their design goals to plan for obsolescence and to prevent third party OSes to run perfectly on their device. The move to soldering SSDs and RAM on laptops and desktops is designed to prevent users from extending the life of the device. Mac Mini's experience a delay of 2-3 minutes to even start booting alternate OS to frustrate the users. The T2 chips even prevent booting a lot of other OSes. There are umpteen examples like these. And that's all ok when you consider the business goals of Apple. But please don't pretend that it's all an "accident" or Apple doesn't care if a user wants to break free from the stranglehold of the Apple ecosystem.