Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by pbhjpbhj on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:34AM (#38582226)

Can you do what people did with Windows in the noughties, install a different OS and get a refund for the OS portion of your purchase (or for the apps portion??), it sounds like you're not using it?

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by norman784 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:41AM (#38582782)

AFAIK macOS is free for people with an Apple device, so this won't work.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by pbhjpbhj on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:22PM (#38605669)

MS Windows was also included in the price at the time of the legal action over pre-install refunds. I'm struggling to see a difference in the situations -- perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious?

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by danaris on Saturday December 09, 2023 @11:32AM (#38583248)

...Where did you get that from their post?

Unless my eyes are just completely missing it, I didn't see anywhere that they said or implied that they weren't using macOS or iOS on their Apple devices.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by pbhjpbhj on Sunday December 10, 2023 @08:09AM (#38591306)

They're obviously using an OS, but not the specific features of macOS - ie the bundled apps. So to me it sounds like they could use a different OS, so long as they could still run the apps they use.

People often say they are happy to pay a premium for Apple because of the software. So, for someone who doesn't use the unique features of a particular OS+apps bundle maybe they could use another ... which reminded me of the lawsuits that resulted in Microsoft [partners?] having to refund the OS portion of the sale price for those who chose not to use Windows.

It was a leap, but not a huge one IMO.

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by danaris on Sunday December 10, 2023 @01:26PM (#38593620)

I think it's a pretty huge leap from "they're not using Apple's bundled apps" to "so they must not actually like macOS."

I know a lot of people who have MacBooks of various types who use Chrome as their browser (and only access their mail through the Gmail web interface), MS Office, etc, rarely using a single one of the Apple bundled apps (save perhaps the very basic ones, like Preview)...and yet, they would never give them up for a Windows computer, because so much of the OS is very fundamentally different to interact with.

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