Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control

Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by sneak on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:43AM (#25188610)

I think the answer to this is painfully clear: because no one makes hardware anywhere near close to the quality of mac and iphone hardware in those verticals.

We'd like to use the best available software, running on the best available hardware.

Criticizing Apple's software censorship choices is thus the natural logical target. Otherwise, we have to use things like the PinePhone for the next 10-15 years until someone makes something comparable to an iPhone 6 that can run whatever software the owner wants.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by pjmlp on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:23PM (#25192655)

Alternatively one could contribute to making the competing hardware just as good.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by sneak on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @09:15AM (#25198579)

Do you have any suggestions as to how? I am not in the phone business.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by pjmlp on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @09:51AM (#25198907)

By buying phones from the likes of Jolla and Purism.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by sneak on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:48PM (#25204766)

I'm not sure how buying products not remotely as good has any effect whatsoever on making anything "just as good".

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by pjmlp on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:50AM (#25206344)

By sponsoring the development of better phones.

First generation of iPhones also sucked versus what Symbian and Windows CE/Pocket PC phones were capable of.

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