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Apple is a company that values loyalty in its employees. This is just a good way for them to weed out some of the disloyal.

At the end of the day, there are so many people who want to work for Apple that I don't think it will be a big problem for them.

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"You want loyalty? Get a dog."

Seriously, employers who start with that "loyalty" thing... eeeuwhh... just run. Away. It's a business relationship, not family nor friends. The loyalty you'll get from an employer... doesn't exist. Why should they anticipate any from us?

BTW, that opening line above... I once quoted it directly to my manager during the 6-month assessment interview. Need I mention that my increase/bonus was a little lean that year. :O

Is there a danger they're going to weed out people who would be responsible for their future success? As I understand it, Apple does not pay as well as some of the other tech companies like Facebook, who are also more permissive about remote work. And at the end of the day, Apple isn't doing anything particularly revolutionary (at least these days) that would have talent only targeting them. Even if Apple continues printing money in the short term from existing products, aren't they setting up for a long-term problem?

Loyalty doesn't build or design good products

As is plain to see :P

Speak for yourself. After messing with Windows 11 last night, I cannot fathom how people tolerate that trash. Went back to my M1 Mac.

Funny thing is, I'm the opposite after getting a Mac for work at my current job.

You can't disable pointer acceleration via the Mouse configuration control panel. You have to use some terminal command. Scroll wheel acceleration can't be disabled at all without using 3rd party software.

The Home/End should bring the cursor to the beginning/end of the current line, not the beginning/end of the current document.

Disappearing scroll bars are only a feature on mobile applications where screen real estate is a premium.

And why is there not even an option to ungroup my windows in the Dock? If I have 3 Chrome windows, I want 3 Chrome icons so I can switch between them more quickly. Windows groups by default, but there's at least an option to ungroup them.

Everything about Mac feels like they believe that removing features is a feature.

> The Home/End should bring the cursor to the beginning/end of the current line, not the beginning/end of the current document.

Cmd + left/right arrow

> And why is there not even an option to ungroup my windows in the Dock? If I have 3 Chrome windows, I want 3 Chrome icons so I can switch between them more quickly. Windows groups by default, but there's at least an option to ungroup them.

Cmd+` to jump between Windows of the currently active application

Thank you for those tips! They just made my already great experience even better! In fact the window switching does not have that silly animation that you have on Windows. Its like the classic alt+tab!

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