https://asahilinux.org/

A large list of things that don't work and are not even being worked on doesn't sound enticing.

Things like HDMI, WiFi and Bluetooth don't work and are not being worked on.

focus was on m2 to get the release out because that is where almost all the users are.

As a result, I was the main one working on m3 before the new year, and got it through to Linux kernel loading (ie m1n1 works) and running macos under the hypervisor. Patches are submitted.

I also happen to be the one doing a lot of the wifi work.

Wifi and Bluetooth work fine on m3 - the chipset is the same as the m2.

It's listed as not working because there is no released Linux support yet.

And the definition of TBA is on the same page:

"TBA: Active work on this feature is not being undertaken at this time"

Suggestion: Add a new status for "Awaiting release".

If not, i'll try to get to adding it and updating when i get some more free time :)

I suspect most people would be happier with more-open hardware, even an ordinary consumer laptop intended for MS Windows. But if the barrier is that someone wants to use an Apple laptop, we can work with that.

I was just sick of Apple catering mainly to the rich consumer dicking around on Facebook and not to the more technical populace who wants to control what they own. I'm very happy to be off Apple, it really felt like a breath of fresh air and still does 3 years later.

Death by iPod! Death by iPod! /s

I've encountered a lot of weird bugs, including it occasionally becoming completely unresponsive, that I've not had on this particular machine before. This machine being a 16 inch M1 Max.

Also: the 5 hours in vscode thing is almost certainly some extension you're running that is constantly spinning its wheels. This isn't hard to figure out - just look in Activity Monitor.

I’m legitimately unsure what changed in Apple to make their support go from “pretty damn good” to “honestly a waste of damn time”.

I don't think it's a coincidence you're having poor battery life with an electron app.

Wifi can be a very mixed bag, the usb-c charging issue sounds like something worth taking/sending it back for (assuming it's not something obvious like a crappy usb charging brick).

Warranties exist for a reason, if you choose not to make use of it, that's on you, not the manufacturer.

There's a reason your iPhone/iPad defaults, every fucking time you try to save a file, to iCloud storage and the "default storage location" option was removed from preferences.

Apple is taking the "frog in the pot of boiling water" approach, slowly pushing everyone toward iCloud file storage, despite it being a dogshit service with numerous problems because the dev team are more interested in coordinating their nail color to their McLaren (I wish I was joking.)

I assume you're right about Apple removing the preference, but I just shared a photo, picked "Save to Files" and it defaulted to Cryptomator. In case it's helpful to know, you can also turn off "iCloud Drive" as a Location.