Well, that’s exactly the thing. I wrote my first kernel code in the very early 1980s, for TSX-11 and RSX-11 systems, and I can write ten-pipe commandlines out of my head on a POSIX system, so obviously us talking about computers is like a couple of Indy mechanics talking about piston diameters. I won’t pretend our ratio of needs .vs. capability is at all typical.
I probably snark on people for making breathless claims of Apple’s* awesomeness more than I should, it’s a character flaw, I can’t resist the low-hanging fruit I guess. If (like Cory) a person has the technical chops to run a FOSS operating system, I recommend they do so for moral and economic reasons. But for everyone else, well, An’ it hurt no other, do as thou wilt. Just try to take the used-car-salesman grade hype of technology enthusiasts with a heaping teaspoon of salt!
IF they make sure their Apple devices are recycled properly, I can’t criticize people for choosing Apple. I admire Apple’s commitment to their design aesthetic, in fact, (although it’s not entirely to my personal taste) and if you have the money to get what you want, well, that’s exactly what free markets are good for, isn’t it? But I sure do pull a lot of three-year-old Apple stuff out of the trash, I must say.
Preach, brother! Testify! The proliferation of “cloud-connected” control mechanisms is a very bad thing.
* I pick on google-hype, Microsoft-hype, and other corporate propaganda too, but Apple fans are more prone to present themselves as tempting targets.
