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Many choose Apple exactly because of the tight platform integration. There is no one true method of general computing.

• sylware 4y ago
  The absolute truth about apple and msft: they ARE digital jails. There is worse though: video game consoles and locked smart phones.
  • fsloth 4y ago
    As a programmer I’m happy to use a locked in box in my free time that does with a push of a button exactly the thing a vendor promised. It sounds like you imagine all compute devices should be generalized compute platforms. Which IMO is as silly as demanding all products containing wood and metal rods should function as abacuses. Free compute is not a value adding feature in a product unless the main feature of the product is general computation. Adding compute capabilities to products often makes them better, but it does not mean the platform should invite free tinkering. I don’t want to tinker with my phone. I want it to be able to function as a phone. That said of course we all want vendor-agnostic compute platforms to exist, and the world is so much better because we can use Linux if we choose. But the idea all devices with CPU should be open is a non-value adding one.