Why? They're clearly an abusive company, just don't do business with them.
* Faceless multinational A, that gives lip service to privacy and doesn't give a shit about freedom
* Faceless multinational B, that gives lip service to freedom and doesn't give a shit about privacy
* Trying to kickstart an alternative ecosystem - a task that Microsoft, one of the richest companies in the world, was unsuccessful at.
* Not owning a smartphone
I'm talking one that actually works and is on par with linux desktops.
YMMV but I do. That kind of hassle is the tax that I’m perfectly willing to pay for having FOSS stuff.
Let’s celebrate that we have options.
If you're interested, here's a thread about the issue me and several other people have been facing.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=266358
The issue has been "fixed" for now by downgrading to the March 2021 release of Linux Firmware for most people. Of course, this isn't really a fix.
I acknowledge that Purism is a small company and that it can only do so much. In case it fails, my gamble is that enough people are going to contribute and keep the most important apps working.
I’ve found a list of apps here: https://linmobapps.frama.io/
Lots of stuff just won't be available but that's going to be true no matter what non-Apple/Google platform you went to. Outside of that though, it should generally provide a fairly user-friendly experience.
When that happens, the world might have more choices than just Google and Apple for smartphones, or Microsoft and Apple for desktop/laptops.
The issue here is that "we" are not many people.
https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/software/why-did-the-ubun...
https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/04/10/apple-agrees-to-o...
The market just does not have the ability to act here. Facebook literally incited genocide on the other side of the world and Facebook experienced zero repercussions
If you fall into that demographic, how do you avoid doing business with Apple? They're entrenched in the duopoly on desktop, the duopoly on mobile, and the duopoly on browsers.
Refusing to do business with Apple will only make you feel good about yourself, but it will significantly hurt your career prospects if you're a working developer, and ruin any hope of success if you're an entrepreneur trying to start or run a tech company.
For all intents and purposes, they're a monopoly. If you're a fan of the Hasbro game, you might disagree on the exact definition, but Apple (and peers) is unquestionably in a position where they're immune to market forces.
Capitalism doesn't work right when you have companies like that.
Fairly easily, I have an X1 running Linux as my dev machine (I'm backend/ML) and don't have a phone. No need to worry about my career, I'm doing OK thanks.