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I would personally continue to own and buy Mac hardware, if they opened up the platform. I don't see any specific value as a mac, being closed hardware. I do se
by ggm 10mo ago
I would personally continue to own and buy Mac hardware, if they opened up the platform. I don't see any specific value as a mac, being closed hardware. I do see how an integrated vertical market suits the predominantly ipad and iPhone based profit centre, but people like me who want a mac, would want it even if the tpm-like trust state had to be reset to install a third party OS.
But Apple don't see it that way. I am glad ports to older Mac hardware exist, but the walled garden learns better defences each cycle.
Mac OSX is a fine system, enshittification not withstanding. I'm not massively impeded in my desires to run what I want, given homebrew and other software suites. I'd just like the choice to run FreeBSD or Linux or whatever else people port.
I truly do not see any downside risk to apple in doing this. A small documentation cost, at worst.
- 7777777phil 10mo agoApple views opening up as a support liability (and a threat to their services revenue)..
- ggm 10mo agoIt seems to me there's lots of evidence they fear this and little evidence it's justified. I think modern systems are viewed as constrained platforms and the fear at a structural level is people doing interesting unconstrained things with then. For apple that's an opportunity loss: if ableton on Linux is better they can't monetise ableton on OSX as successfully, is about as bad as it gets. Nobody sues dell or lenovo because a PC runs Linux and the bits rot.