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Apple is the only company among the ones listed that forces you to use their software on select products. That's the product segmentation, and it's really frust
by smoldesu 4y ago
Apple is the only company among the ones listed that forces you to use their software on select products. That's the product segmentation, and it's really frustrating when hardware like the iPhone/iPad is so excellent but entirely hamstrung by it's OS. There's nothing wrong with segmenting your hardware or writing a pared-back OS for smaller devices, but forcing everyone to use it is a pretty obvious and arbitrary limitation.
- pjmlp 4y agoWindows Home vs Pro vs .... with "Works best on Windows" OEM agreements.
- smoldesu 4y agoThose are quite dumb too, but Microsoft's deals with the OEM don't stop me from using Intel's hypervisor framework or iGPU on Linux.
- pjmlp 4y agoDepends on how much the community has managed to reverse engineer the hardware, firmware, boot lock, and then there is Surface. The same way that Apple hardware has to be reversed engineered.
- smoldesu 4y agoWhy do you think I'm defending any of Microsoft's products here? When Microsoft releases a locked-down product, it's also as bad as when Apple does it. But even still, there's less reverse-engineering work that goes into getting a Surface device boostrapped than an Apple Silicon one. Writing a custom OS for x86 is lightyears easier than bootstrapping one for ARM.
- pjmlp 4y agoI don't think, rather pointing out Apple isn't alone. x86 only happened because of IBM being unable to kill the clones, and going forward many of them will eventually also have ARM workloads. All OEMs have Apple envy in shipping sealed experiences, just like all 16 bit platforms with exception of PCs. Hence why they rather ship locked down laptops, phones and tablets than classical desktops.
- smoldesu 4y agoWell, it's time we stopped the trend dead in it's tracks. IMO, it's fine to seal your experience however you want as long as the bootloader is open on the hardware. If the user isn't trapped in the hardware they own, then it's fair game.