Yeah, you’re good. Some people are just bad at expressing themselves.

We all understand the systems that they use to tie you into their walled garden.

Escaping takes time and money now (and it isn’t like PC hardware is cheap currently…). You can still get a cheap tower from whatever marketplace/craiglist service is popular where you live and setup a Linux server and do things that are compatible with your existing devices like pi-hole, Jellyfin, etc.

I know a lot of programmers and sysadmins that use Apple laptops to interface with their Linux backend.

“I know everyone warned me walking in lava was a bad idea. but my wife, who is addicted to tiktok and lives beyond her means constantly, Insisted it’s amazing. the best new trend. now I’m locked in…

litterally, I’m locked in, the hospital won’t let me leave as I have no legs. I’m stuck… I don’t know what to do. ~ Sent from a iPhone”

yes, please shame. shame is effective tool. it’s the same tool that got people into using apple ecosystems in the first place.

build up enough frustration, they will download their data to file, sell their devices and jump ship. while telling their wife to “please think beyond a check mark, or will I have to bail you out of jail when your smashing TVs in the shops because of a tiktok trend telling you to”.

it’s hard to switch and go against the flow. the longer you wait, the harder it gets. till one day, you cannot leave at all.

Fuck off you clown. You ain’t warn nobody.

I have been hating on macs since the ipod took off, for the same reasons people are mad at enshittification and lack of control over your own hardware.

No one listened, and here we are.