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This right here is why I am a rabid fan of Apple's vertically integrated way of doing things.
by stalfosknight 3y ago
This right here is why I am a rabid fan of Apple's vertically integrated way of doing things.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoI needed a computer to sit in a corner and run some application, performance irrelevant. I had a Mac Mini that Apple calls "obsolete" and doesn't support, but it's really a PC so I put Linux on it. An old iPhone would have used less power, but "vertical integration" means when the vendor stops supporting it neither can anyone else. Vertical integration is not the solution, it's the problem. The hardware vendors are providing the firmware instead of a spec that allows you to write your own. Then you're stuck using their software to use their hardware, even if it's awful or they stop updating it. It's perfectly fine to provide a reference implementation, but that's not a substitute for hardware documentation sufficient to let you make your own if you don't want the vertical integration. Because the party with the economic incentive to make it better is the end user. Not all of them have the capacity to do that, but only one of them needs to and you have better code available to the whole world.