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1. PunchyHamster · 1790986642 · focus · HN ↗

   Weird to buy machine with company actively hostile to anything open to run open stuff

   1. inventor7777 · 1790988088 · focus · HN ↗

      Is Apple taking steps to purposefully blocking open stuff, or are they just pointedly ignoring it and continuing to develop new hardware? I am genuinely asking, I don't know myself.

      edit: speaking mostly about macOS here, mobile OSes are much more locked down

      1. Dylan16807 · 1790988689 · focus · HN ↗

         For desktops and laptops, the latter. But for phones and tablets they do not want user control. And even where they do allow it, even a tiny effort in hardware documentation that would make it so much easier never happens. So it's quite hostile overall.

         1. inventor7777 · 1790991523 · focus · HN ↗

            Yep, good point. Their mobile OSes are annoyingly locked down, that is for sure...

            1. simondotau · 1791017911 · focus · HN ↗

               I'm glad we have the choice of an annoyingly locked down ecosystem.

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