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Re:Apple Is Listening by PascLeRasc on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:12AM (#20146860)
You can protest by using a Hackintosh. I'm sure Apple's aware of how big the Hackintosh community has become and I think it's part of the reason we're seeing niceties like upgradable RAM on the new Mini and iMacs.
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Re:Apple Is Listening by pier25 on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#20146997)
I seriously doubt the Hackintosh community has gotten any bigger than it was 5 tears ago. Any numbers to back that claim?

Also, the Mini and the iMacs have always had upgradeable RAM.

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Re:Apple Is Listening by PascLeRasc on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:45AM (#20147193)
Here's subscribers over time to /r/hackintosh [1] - about 600% growth over the last 5 years. Also, the 2014 Mac Mini removed the ability to upgrade RAM [2], but now it's back with the 2018 Mini.

[1] https://subredditstats.com/r/hackintosh

[2] https://www.macworld.com/article/2836399/new-mac-mini-restri...

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Re:Apple Is Listening by pier25 on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:21PM (#20150427)
Not convinced about the subreddit stats tbh. I've been subscribed for many years but I stopped building hackintoshes 3 years ago. It's a shame the comments/posts are limited to 1 year only.

Thanks, I didn't know the 2014 model didn't have upgradeable RAM. The last one I bought was the 2013.

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Re:Apple Is Listening by jammygit on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:35PM (#20148268)
Or Ubuntu
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