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I said no and Apple said yes

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  1. downsplat · · focus · HN ↗
    If you want to own your computer, linux is where it's at. Windows is rusty iron chains and MacOS's are gold-plated silver pretending to be gold, but they're still chains.
    1. liendolucas · · focus · HN ↗
      FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD are your friends too!
      1. Matl · · focus · HN ↗
        Let me know if any of them work well on a laptop that's never than 5 years old.
        1. asdff · · focus · HN ↗
          Psst. Macos is bsd in a trenchcoat. Don't let the others see this comment or they will get angry.
          1. ocd · · focus · HN ↗
            Perhaps, but the BSD developers do not fully invite themselves into your home and network through use of their operating system. I do appreciate however that macOS is BSD somewhere under the hood and switched to zsh as default shell (even if it was supposedly only for licensing reasons, but I believe it's the correct decision practically or legally)
          2. Matl · · focus · HN ↗
            The post is `I said no and Apple said yes` so not sure how much being a BSD protects you there. Apple still controls it.
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