Comment by mrweasel
4 years ago
> The number of people who would buy an M1 Mac solely if they can run Linux on it is tiny.
Exactly. One argument that I can see it that Apple want to be able to say: When we're no longer supporting old M1 Macs, you can run Linux, or sell it to a Linux user, rather than throwing it out. Branding it as an environmental benefit.
It's a bit far fetch though.
Apple won't say that though, Apple instead will tell you all about their new recycling robots and incentivize trading in older devices for newer ones.
Pretty sure Apple's answer to environmental issues is recycling, which to be fair they're good at. (...And also to be fair, which is quite possibly strictly inferior to keeping the same hardware going indefinitely)