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Comment by ricardobeat

4 years ago

Like every other system since UEFI came out a decade ago. Do you use a Librem phone/laptop yourself?

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Nullabillity  4 years ago

Most other manufacturers aren't in the business of pushing their own OS.

  • lijogdfljk  4 years ago

    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.

    • amelius  4 years ago

      Are you kidding? After getting a taste of the revenue-potential of software in the App Store, it is inevitable that Apple wants more of it.

      In fact, I predict that Apple will at one point start selling software as a subscription, like SaaS. Other OSes don't fit in that model.

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