XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote on 11/19/2025 2:35 PM:   
   > On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:36:36 +0000, David B. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Mac revenue reached $10.6 billion in Q1 2025, driven by demand for   
   >> M3-based MacBook Pros.   
   >   
   > Apple stopped reporting Mac unit shipments years ago, when they were   
   > showing a clear trend of declining year-on-year. Now, by quoting raw   
   > revenue figures, all you’re celebrating is their ability to fleece   
   > their customers for more money than competitors can get from their   
   > users.   
   >   
   > If Apple is doing so well, why did it need to compe up with its own   
   > answer to Microsoft’s WSL2? Why bring Linux in, if macOS is so   
   > wonderfully capable on its own? It must be because Linux has   
   > capabilities that macOS not only does not have, but can never have.   
   >   
      
   Indeed.  Linux is the finest operating system in the universe!  Apple   
   tries hard, but competing against linux is much too difficult for them   
   (or anyone else).   
      
   That's why they have such astronomical pricing on everything they sell.   
   Poor bastards are barely breaking even.  Can't even offer a cheaply made   
   chinese ifone cable for less than $20   
      
   Still, we should be grateful that even as shitty as apple is, they have   
   soundly beaten microsoft (financially) from the very beginning, and   
   truly prevented them from threatening the sovereignty of linux.   
      
   This is a great thread, but shouldn't we also start examining which of   
   the 2000 linux distros are "The finest of the superb" ...  Which is the   
   most holy?  Which is most infallible?  And Which can survive floods and   
   nuclear warfare?   
      
   I say piss on apple, let's just concentrate purely on boosting linux.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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