Re:Apple M3 Ultra
by bigyabai on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @09:53AM
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Probably never. We don't have official Linux support for the iPhone or iPad, I would't hold out hope for Apple to change their tune.
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That makes sense to me though. If you don’t run iOS, you don’t have App Store and that means a loss of revenue.
Right. Same goes for MacOS and all of it's convenient software services. Apple might stand to sell more units with a more friendlier stance towards Linux, but unless it sells more Apple One subscriptions or increases hardware margins on the Mac, I doubt Cook would consider it.
If you sit around expecting selflessness from Apple you will waste an enormous amount of time, trust me.
Re:Apple M3 Ultra
by jobs_throwaway on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @11:01AM
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You lose out on revenue from people who require OS freedom though
All seven of them. I kid, I have a lot of sympathy for that position, but as a practical matter running Linux VMs on an M4 works great, you even get GPU acceleration.
If you don't run macOS, you don't have Apple iCloud Drive, Music, Fitness, Arcade, TV+ and News and that means a loss of revenue.
As I replied in else where here, I do not run any Apple Services on my Mac hardware. I do on my iDevices though, but that's a different topic. Again, I could be the edge case
> I do not run any Apple Services on my Mac hardware
Not even OCSP?
I have no idea what that is, so ???
But if you're being pedantic, I meant Apple SaaS requiring monthly payments or any other form of using something from Apple where I give them money outside the purchase of their hardware.
If you're talking background services as part of macOS, then you're being intentionally obtuse to the point and you know it