Most other manufacturers aren't in the business of pushing their own OS.

Fwiw, Apple's incentive seems to be hardware from the outside more than Software, imo. They tend to sell the hardware by the software for a lot of people, but given that they're so concerned with keeping their software on their hardware i suspect they don't have much reason to push their software over your software.

What would concern me is if we see a big revenue stream from their software. Then i'd question them not wanting Linux on their machines.

But imo you already gave them what they want when you buy an M1. I don't see a reason why they care beyond that.

Are you kidding? After getting a taste of the revenue-potential of software in the App Store, it is inevitable that Apple wants more of it.

In fact, I predict that Apple will at one point start selling software as a subscription, like SaaS. Other OSes don't fit in that model.

> I predict that Apple will at one point start selling software as a subscription

That’s not a difficult prediction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Arcade:

“Apple Arcade is a video game subscription service offered by Apple Inc. It is available through a dedicated tab of the App Store on devices running iOS 13, tvOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina or later. The service launched on September 19, 2019 after being announced in March 2019”

They also have “hardware as a service”. https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program:

“The easiest way to upgrade to the latest iPhone. Get a new iPhone every year AppleCare+ coverage included Works with your carrier Starting from $35.33/month”

I'm not. Because for years Apple didn't want it's OS anywhere but on it's hardware.

The day apple wants it's OS anywhere it can get it, because it brings in money independent of just it's hardware is the day i actually believe Apple cares about the software revenue.

Right now Apple's software is hardware locked. Google by comparison cares much more about the software side than Apple, imo.

This is a 2017 article[1] about how Tim Cook pushed Apple to get more revenue from software services. Recent articles this year add to say that Apple has been successful in this area. So perhaps the image of Apple being mainly a hardware company is outdated.

[1] https://www.applemust.com/apples-50b-services-target-just-is...

Even more reason to avoid them i guess, if there hardware is as closed ecosystem and useless to those outside it. At least before they shipped good hardware for multiple contexts, but perhaps those days are gone.