Apple's control-freakery is making the Internet of Shit shittier

The same. I’ve had a desktop running almost every OS you can imagine at one point or another. OSX let me no longer worry about my desktop (while still getting my command line and FLOSS tools), so I could focus on tweaking FLOSS software as my day job.

This is the same reason I have an iPhone. the “Just works” trope is a bit tired, but it’s nice to have all my devices talking to one another without having to optimize the setup regularly because app X updated their config or daemon Y needs to be hardened or whatever. I do that all day for work already. :slight_smile:

This, BTW, is also why I’m happy Android has done so well - let the people who DO want to tinker with their devices as a pastime do so, because that helps FLOSS as a whole. Same with their IoT devices. But it’s a mistake to believe that the only people who want the “just works” aspect of Apple’s ecosystem are those who don’t know better. Some of us do know better, and we’ve made the choice with eyes wide open.

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