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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by JadeNB on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @05:41PM (#17711107)
> - macOS gets more iOS-ified with each release and some people don’t like that

How does running the same software on a different machine do anything to address this?

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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by genericid on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:54PM (#17713094)
It means you don't give Apple money.
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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by JadeNB on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:40PM (#17718287)
> It means you don't give Apple money.

Well, sure, but where's the victory in using something you don't like (the situation that peatmoss (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17709084) describes) for free? Sure, it's better than using something you don't like and paying for it, but (1) you're still investing time and effort, if not money, and (2) it seems better still just not to use the thing you don't like.

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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by genericid on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:01PM (#17718464)
- You oppose the direction Mac OS is heading but still like the current version, or

- You like Mac OS after modifying it to counter its Iosification but don't want to support a company that makes you jump to those hoops, or

- You actually like Mac OS but oppose Apple's tendency to restrict their user's freedom on principle.

Using a hackintosh just because you don't like Apple would be pointless, of course.

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