Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too
by simion314 on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:03AM
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You can't have GPL apps on iOS, you can't put them in the Store and you are not allowed to side load apps, this is one reason I dislike Apple, others include the fact you have to replace the battery, motherboard or some body part (I can't remember for sure) and the entire keyboard if one of your keys breaks. This is why personally dislike them and why I will not use their products but I understand that people value different things then me.
Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too
by simplecomplex on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:09PM
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It’s not a good thing if you like seeing software devs get paid :)
Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too
by shmerl on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:12PM
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The company doesn't need to be a nasty anti-competitive jerk to pay developers.
Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too
by briandear on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:44PM
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What’s anti competitive?
Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too
by shmerl on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:46PM
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It's when instead of competing on merit, companies focus on controlling the market through monopolization techniques. I.e. simply banning competition.
Lock-in (i.e. refusal to support interoperability), patent aggression, forbidding competing technologies in their store and so on and so forth.
Apple affects many things negatively by being extremely pro lock-in and patent aggressive. So I'd say it's a good thing when someone stops using Apple's products and switches to Linux instead.