Comment by barbazoo
1 year ago
> The most recent versions of macOS and iPhone OS have me seriously considering a Linux desktop for the first time.
What about it? I often hear this sentiment but I hardly ever notice the OS having updated in the first place.
My primary complaint is the aggression to turn it on. You don’t get an option of “No” any more just “Not Now” which is openly user hostile as it implies I can’t make my own choices, I can only delay the inevitable. They’ve been doing that for a while now and each time it pushes me a little closer to leaving the ecosystem.
Then there’s the fact that I hate photos, mail, and the rest of it - which they turn on by default and then you have to disable. The fact that Apple Music works fine in my car but for some reason all other music apps are buggy.
Apple News won’t let me block news sources, anything I try to block stays in my feed just greyed out. Like, I’m not allowed to keep BuzzFeed out of my feed? Wtf.
Then there’s the sick charade of their “privacy” claims, which I won’t even get into, but it’s laughable.
They went from being the most user-focused company to nakedly extracting rent from a captive audience. I no longer feel I own my Apple devices, they own me, and I’m sick of it.
Yeah, sounds like you need a break from them.
Just for some context, many people have older phones so they're not getting the AI shoved down their throats yet. their built in apps, OS updates don't really change anything there. I don't use mail/photos either but I have yet to notice it annoying me in any way, definitely it doesn't "turn on" in any way for me after an update.
I don't use their music or news apps, maybe that's the issue, maybe their apps just suck.
I just really don’t want to work up a PhD thesis on the current state of Linux desktops before I switch. But I think I have to.