> Anti-stallman

Personality cult is never a good thing. It's equally not healthy to be obsessed with Stallman as it's with Jobs.

Yes, it's believing in things that's a problem, not what in particular you believe in.

Apple is turning computing and ownership into renting and serfdom. Why don't you see that?

The only reason I'd work for Apple is to send the horrific things they do to my representatives and the Department of Justice. Emails. Meeting notes. Admissions of anticompetitive behavior.

Not a bad idea, but I think I'll have more impact elsewhere.

> Apple is turning computing and ownership into renting and serfdom. Why don't you see that?

Amazon, Google & Microsoft are just as guilty of this with their cloud platforms.

"Just as guilty" is the opposite of a defense. You're literally in a thread condemning Apple for conspiring with Google right now. Who are are you attempting to convince of what by saying that Google is "just as guilty?"

No, they are not. Apple is going further and using good branding to avoid consumer backlash.

Eh, you kind of get it.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Famgopoly

They all need to be broken up in the areas where they use platform powers to ensnare, absorb, and destroy.

Each of these companies could be decent companies, but they're allowed to abuse their positions and wreak havoc on multiple industries.

Until Apple is my only option for computing, I don’t see how this is happening