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> you would call "open hardware."

You are confusing the "norm" at the time, with Apple specific decision to open up their hardware. At the time, a lot of consumer electronics shipped with their schematics, including TVs, Radios, etc. You cannot find a single TV today that ships with how to talk over its diagnostics port let alone schematics.

The Apple computer you're referencing was more like an of IC of today, both in complexity (many $1 ICs today are orders of magnitude more complex than that entire computer), and the skills expected of the user of the computer. Both of which would require one to have intimate knowledge of the inner working of the device to be able to operate and maintain it. Users of that computer were like hobbyist of today, buying an electronics kit and rest assured, electronics kits come with detailed manuals, schematics and more.

> that’s a feature

It's a feature that can be implemented, with similar if not better effectiveness, in various ways that doesn't completely lock down a platform. Don't ask me how because I'm no match for brains at Apple but if EU succeeds in forcing Apple to open things up, Apple will rise to the challenge and will figure it out, just the same way they figure out how to roll out an ECG monitor that complies with local regulations of multiple countries. In other words, Apple already works under large amount of constraints of existing laws and regulations when creating products and that requires a lot of constant innovation in itself. This will just be another constraint they have to follow.

> ignoring calls for openness for 15 years

I very much want this to happen now. However I would not have wanted this 15 years ago when the platform was a baby and little was known on how to move it forward. Last thing you wanted at that time was layers of regulation and laws that would hinder the speed of development.

15 years is probably too long and this could have happened 5-10 years ago.

> World is about to get a little worse on this front.

I think you underestimate the talent at Apple. The reason things are locked down isn't just that it makes them secure, spam free, etc. That's true of course, but it's not the only way to do it. It is however, the easiest way and in absence of external force, there is little reason to complicate it.

If EU succeeds in forcing Apple to open somethings up, then the brilliant folks at Apple will rise to the challenge and will innovate to either keep the quality as is or even make things better.

> processed by either Google or Microsoft

Let's first clear up why this is: spam control. Google along with the rest of the industry has essentially killed email spam through the many additions to classical email standards. From reputation based delivery, to spam databases, crypto signatures and more. This isn't just to reduce an eye sore in your inbox. Spam does real damage, financial and otherwise.

Despite the complexity needed to run a reliable email system, it's still possible to do and many do. It also allows for innovation without a lot of capital (e.g. licensing fees paid to walled garden owners). Without open interoperability, it's either impossible (e.g. general iMessage), limiting (e.g. iMessage, WhatsApp for business) or expensive to do.

Did you not know that the said companies didn't have dedicated support staff? Was this a surprise to you? Did they make you believe they had people you could call and talk to?

If you knew and still chose to do business with them, that's on you. If they misled you, then sorry to hear that and you should take your business elsewhere and leave them thumbs down in as many places as you can.

There are countless businesses without dedicated phone support that provide immense value, but can only do so in an environment where linearly scaling costs aren't forced on them. Phone support is such a cost. If such a requirement is mandated, a large portion of legitimately useful businesses will vanish and it'll be a net negative for everybody.

No thanks

iCloud Private Relay is shown as affected as well. This is an interesting case when it comes to failure behavior. From security perspective, you want your connection to stop working instead of falling back to insecure. Is this the case? Can anyone confirm?

Absolutely this. Especially Go's standard library is a pleasure to read. Lots of idioms and good practices to be learnt.

A lot of system status pages are updated by humans who will verify issues before reporting them. Main reason is to avoid overly surface every minor and transitory issue to public view.

One thing to keep in mind is that satellite design takes into account, in no trivial amount, the specific ship that takes it to orbit. It's therefore, not a simple switch to use a new ship for existing hardware. Everything from G-force limits to fairing payload geometry and weight characteristics and more affect satellite design.

Combine that with the long iteration development of the average satellite maker, it's not always economical to switch to an alternative launch provider, even if the new provider offers a ride for less cost. This is an addition to the reasons such as long term partnerships and discounts.

> Everything I've seen here amounts to "it's pretty."

First: pretty matters to me and incidentally to a lot of us.

Second: Look harder. I've noted performance multiple times to the point that it saved me $2000 buying a new laptop.

Thanks for wishing me pain and suffering.

In context of 16GB of RAM, I can't tell the difference.

It's actually cutting edge GNOME 41 on Arch Linux and I hear Ubuntu folks run an older version. But you are right in that I haven't used this for long at all. However, I have run every application and use case I do every day and so far, no issues at all.

> Or are you mistaking restarting GNOME with restarting your whole operating system?

Whole OS. In 15 years of using linux, I don't remember having to only restart my desktop environment. But then again, I don't develop extensions.

> Wayland is still a glitchy, bug-ridden mess, despite

That sucks. As to your specific points:

> If I alt-tab, I need to move the mouse before I can use my scroll wheel.

Just tested this, doesn't seem to affect me.

> Basic Gnome commands (like restarting) are unavailable.

I can tap Command and then type restart and it shows up as an item on the drawer. Fastest way to restart short of assigning a shortcut for me.

> For some reason, Gnome on Wayland can't handle Bluetooth as well as Gnome on X11.

Too early to say for me, but so far, Bluetooth has been equally solid. As a bonus, I discovered Pipewire from the comments on this post and now I can use the headset mode of my Airpods Pro!

> Yes, insofar as recent versions of MacOS have also been glitchy, bug-ridden messes.

The issue with Mac is that a glitch or a bug isn't something you can hope to fix even if you have the skills. Linux affords you that which is very powerful.

EDIT: I run Arch Linux btw.

I want the user interface and experience but that's it. I need a linux kernel and I need the customization and openness afforded by a linux system. My workflow, business and more is tied up heavily in that ecosystem.

> What about those of us who don't like macOS UI?

Uhh, choose from countless other desktop environments out there for linux?!! Like I mentioned in the post, I used MATE desktop which is Gnome 2 style with classical UI metaphors. Works and is well supported.

> Gnome's prediliction for putting UI controls into the titlebar is dreadful, IMO.

It bothered me for an hour and then it was fine (as soon as I realized, it didn't interfere with dragging the window around). I'm talking about Gnome 40+ btw.

> However it seems that the designers of every other desktop OS have macOS envy.

Because it turns out the majority love it. Every developer/entrepreneur/maker soon realizes that having focus is crucial to success. In a lot of scenarios, that translates into accommodating the masses and if time and cost permits, allow for future customization.

> If you want one (because it look beautiful I guess???)

Why would you say this, after I explained in length the warranty advantages? Did you not read that part or do you disagree with it?

1. There are reports here that Zoom works fine with Pipewire in the browser.

2. Have you tried: https://github.com/SeaDve/Kooha ?

On topic of saving money, did you know there are countless VC backed startups either selling/delivering grocery or meal packs with significant discounts for first few orders. If you just sign up to each, get a few orders and cancel, you'll end up saving multiple $100 before you go through all of them.

Have you tried Pipewire for screen sharing:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#WebRTC_screen_shar...

> without mentioning the fact that a Lambo can still go twice as fast

To be picky about this analogy, top speed in a car is an attribute that bears little on everyday utility. In fact, past the 110km/h here in Australia for instance, the only place you can enjoy the extra speed in on a track. %99.999+ of people won't be able to take advantage of anything for entire life of their vehicle.

On the contrary, instant acceleration is something every driver takes advantage of numerous times per day, when changing lanes, correcting for others mistakes, etc. Fuel cost savings and low maintenance saves every driver money. These are the attributes to pay attention to in a car in general, not the top speed.

Point is to pay attention to characteristics which are of utility towards the use case. Obviously, if you are getting a car to go as fast as you possible can on a track, you want a car with higher max speeds so there is that.

You're in a small small minority who spends time cleaning fans to avoid slow down of a machine. The rest of the world only care when they hit that point after which they send their machine in for service.

> With gnome, there is no way linux will become mainstream

You can ship turd and make it mainstream (as Microsoft has demonstrated time and time again). Shipping computers linux pre-installed is what makes any OS/desktop adopted in large scale, not design/quality. Ubuntu shipped pre-installed on Dell and a bunch of other computers with strong push from Canonical.

As someone mentioned, looks like https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#WebRTC_screen_shar... solves the screen casting issues.

> Propaganda

You just accused me of writing up "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view".

What's an example of an X11 program you're having troubles with?

I just tested this with Wireshark and rest of the desktop. In fact, there is a built-in shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R which starts a screen recording and dumps it in the home directory. Worked flawlessly!

Cleaning becomes repair if it's affecting your machine's performance. If it's not affecting performance, why would one care if the inside of their machine that they can't see nor access, is dusty or not?

EDIT: OK, let me help you arrive at the destination: your machine gets dusty and slow, just as if its electronics was failing. You take it to Apple and they fix it under warranty or ask for some $$ if it's out of warranty (given that they have to spend time doing it, time that you would be spending yourself, whether it's easy or hard to open up the machine). Calling it cleaning or repairing is splitting hairs. If it's degrading performance, it's a problem, if it's not, it's cosmetics.

BTW, all this fuss with cleaning fans — no one I know opens up their stuff and clean the fans until the device malfunctions. You are in the small small minority and no company, including Apple optimized for your habits.