Fwiw, Apple's incentive seems to be hardware from the outside more than Software, imo. They tend to sell the hardware by the software for a lot of people, but given that they're so concerned with keeping their software on their hardware i suspect they don't have much reason to push their software over your software.
What would concern me is if we see a big revenue stream from their software. Then i'd question them not wanting Linux on their machines.
But imo you already gave them what they want when you buy an M1. I don't see a reason why they care beyond that.
Then once the manufacturer makes that decision, switch. Honestly this comment is just nonsense.. Apple has always allowed other OSes on Mac. When that changes, buy a new computer.
The iPhone and the Mac are different platforms, developed at different times, for different purposes and different markets with different design philosophies. I don’t see a logical connection between the iPhone being bootlocked and the Mac necessarily following suite.
Like every other system since UEFI came out a decade ago. Do you use a Librem phone/laptop yourself?
Most other manufacturers aren't in the business of pushing their own OS.
Fwiw, Apple's incentive seems to be hardware from the outside more than Software, imo. They tend to sell the hardware by the software for a lot of people, but given that they're so concerned with keeping their software on their hardware i suspect they don't have much reason to push their software over your software.
What would concern me is if we see a big revenue stream from their software. Then i'd question them not wanting Linux on their machines.
But imo you already gave them what they want when you buy an M1. I don't see a reason why they care beyond that.
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Then once the manufacturer makes that decision, switch. Honestly this comment is just nonsense.. Apple has always allowed other OSes on Mac. When that changes, buy a new computer.
The iPhone came out 14 years ago, and still doesn't allow switching OS. What more do you need?
The iPhone and the Mac are different platforms, developed at different times, for different purposes and different markets with different design philosophies. I don’t see a logical connection between the iPhone being bootlocked and the Mac necessarily following suite.
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