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Re:On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480 by rocket_surgeron on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:02PM (#34885367)
Lenovo's anti-consumer behavior makes Apple look like a charity with a perfect rating on www.charitynavigator.org.

It doesn't matter that he's running Pop!.

Strong aftermarket sales lead to value retention which drives new sales, and Lenovo's 2023 position seems to be to generate as much ewaste as possible, especially in their workstation and server lines.

Between secure boot "oopsies", rampant (and ongoing) GPL violations, constant spyware campaigns, and vendor locks for CPUs every time I see someone at a FOSS conference with a Lenovo festooned in stickers I chuckle inside because they're oiling the same machine they're raging against.

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Re:On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480 by commandersaki on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:33PM (#34900390)
The Lenovo spyware is what made alarms go off in my head, even when I wanted a Linux laptop. I decided on a Framework instead; happily use a Framework, a 2015 Macbook Pro 13", and a 2020 M1 Air 13". All have their uses and all work pretty well; but Framework has the worst battery life of them all -- but at least it's not an evil company like Lenovo.
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