They’re not actually relinquishing any control. They’re just allowing subsidiary “app stores” to take a tiny cut while Apple still controls everything.
I’ve been an Apple fanboy for years, but less so these days. I can’t imagine that the EU won’t fine them for this, although it’s hard to imagine any fine that would make an impression on a $3 trillion company.
Apple know it’s fanbase will scream at the EU instead of them. I mean, they ate the bullshit apple claim that allowing sideloading will auto-magically give them viruses. I know Apple caters to the none-techy people but this is plain stupid.
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I geuss the comments I read on reddit, hacker news and even lemmy were all fragments of my imagination. It pissed me off that people were literally defending companies fucking them but eh, they kinda deserve what’s happening to them at this point.
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I kid you not, I vaguely remember that the comment about the phone becoming less safe due to sideloading was from lemmy. I think it was downvoted to hell but still. Lemmy isn’t all techy people and even then some people consider the walled garden as a feature.
I know all companies are full of bullshit, and I reckon that Apple makes both great software and hardware, but I hate with a passion how they try to make the most anti-consumer shit ever and then claim it’s for their users/environmental benefits. I lose faith in humanity a little bit more each time I read someone comment stating that the EU forcing apple to open imessage would make it less secure or that their forced passage to USB-C would only hurt the users, or that Apple not including the faster charger was okey because they already had a charger at home ( so as Apple claimed, better for the environment ), but then they go and buy it separately ( because it’s better and faster ) and it comes in a box full of plastic.
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Here’s someone from this very thread talking about how alternate app stores are a “privacy and security nightmare”.
https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/791356/-/comment/4806643
Gotta call a trell a trell, right?
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I love my MacBook, my iPad is a lovely bit of tech, my iPhone is perfect for my needs, and my Apple TV shits all over any and all “smart” TV setups I’ve used.
Apple as a company though, are absolute shit. But they really do make good stuff.
Mmmmpretty sure you’re saying a shit company makes good stuff? I mean, that seems unlikely.
And yet, here we are.
I have a 15" MacBook Air that’s easily the most beautiful, most powerful computer I’ve ever owned, running an operating system that works incredibly well for me, an OS that syncs damn near perfectly with my phone and iPad. I have a 2011 MacBook that’s running the last version of macOS even though it officially lost support a fair few years ago. It’s still absolutely solid for a 13 year old laptop.
They make incredible stuff.
But they have very, very shitty consumer practices.
Totally agree.
As a side note, do you have any tips on updating an old MacBook to newer os? I also have a 2011 MacBook, and I’ve been looking at ways to upgrade the os. So far I’ve found Opencore as maybe the only viable way. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Dosdude1’s catalina patcher was pretty painless and has been solid so far.
Oh sweet, I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Yeah, Opencore is the gold standard for patching new macOS onto unsupported hardware. In fact, I’m not sure there are really any other ways now.
I can’t speak for how Sonoma runs on a 2011 MacBook, but I have Ventura on mine and it runs just fine. It’s not going to set the world alight with its benchmarks, but it’s still a perfectly usable laptop. Does yours have an SSD and maxed out RAM? Because those two will help enormously.
It does. I upgraded from hard drive to SSD, and maxed out the RAM up to 4 gb per slot several years ago.
I’m not super techy, but I’ll figure it out. My main hangup right now is not having a backup drive. I suppose I should start there lol. Thanks so much!
Pretty sure that machine can take 16gb, to make it extra useful.
Opencore is surprisingly easy to setup. The instructions aren’t massively clear, but all you’ll really need is a 16gb+ memory stick and a bit of patience. Install Opencore to the Mac’s SSD, then download whichever OS you want using the option in Opencore, which will then automatically make the installer.
I’m not the guy you’re talking with, but I have successfully installed multiple flavors of Linux on a 2010 MacBook recently, and am now running Zorin on it. Linux will run on unbelievably tiny resources compared to Windows. I wrote a post about it a few months ago asking the Linux community here for suggestions if you’re interested.
Thanks brother!
There are a lot of people saying that sideloading is bad actually on Twitter. You know, the place where you can get brain damage.
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Ok, I’ll bite……
I’ll match techy-credentials with anyone.
Y’all should stop complaining and chose the right tool for the right job, depending on your needs. It’s good to have choices in approach and the one you chose is on you
In my second comment I mentioned that even some techy people considered the walled garden as a feature and lo and behold.
None-techy people don’t need to sideload to install their own app, use an alternative store or root their phone, but Techy users would. IPhone don’t allow any of those and the fact that some IT guys use the product for its walled garden features doesn’t make it any more suitable for people who actually wants to have control over their phones.
The only thing differentiating Macs from Linux are proprietary softwares.
Have you ever heard of f-droid ? free and open source software made by people for people. More than half my apps are from this app store and the other half are sideloaded. Tho I’d recommend you to use one of these alternative f-droid front-ends : Neo-store, Droid-fly.
Absolutely, I agree a 100%.
Just because you opted in, doesn’t make their statement untrue.
The simplicity of use in the walled garden, caters to people who aren’t techy. It’s a huge reason for their success.
But just like “nontechy” people like my husband can use an android, “techy” people can opt into a system that caters to the opposite.