I mean, like, congratulations to whomever it is that actually worked to try to make the worlds most vast & advanced computer empire seem like anything other tha

I mean, like, congratulations to whomever it is that actually worked to try to make the worlds most vast & advanced computer empire seem like anything other than a insular, dark, consumer-supplying fixer. I'm glad there's the bare minimum of sticks to try to rub together to give the impression Apple gives the faintest most minimal flying fuck about any compute other than Apple computing, that they see any value in a bigger computing ecosystem. Apple is not at all a company that gives any impressions that they care about anyone but those that fall within the light of their empire. When presented with challenges about what restraints they impose on computing, the default response seems to be, there are other platforms available for anyone who cares about choice or empowerment: here in Apple-land, our vassals are secure, served adequately. Trust us. All else is tertiary at best. I still think the impression being given off here is pretty radically fantastically unrealistic. As far as I have heard, one of the primary terms of employment at Apple is that you basically have to give up yourself wholly to Apple. Your blog has to die, your personal open source projects are all dead now, you are now, wholly Apple, and anything you do must be Apple's. This is just the opening terms of un-openness that greet you if you want to join Apple. Almost nothing about this company speaks to collaboration or cooperation or general betterment of computing. Apple thrives off the futility of computing. Their whole essence is that of savior, making software for their following that serves them well, amid a world of grayer concerns and wider difficulty. The idea that open computing could be competitive, could be helpful in the planet: it's antithetical to the premise of the High Consumerism that is Apples most core being.