XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 09:34:53 +1300, Your Name wrote :   
      
      
   >>>> But Apple is a commercial system. They do not provide free software.   
   >>>   
   >>> The two are not mutually exclusive. Some Apple funding goes to LLVM and   
   >>> CUPS, that I can think of. Does that count as ´providing¡ Free software to   
   >>> you?   
   >>   
   >> Ok, agreed, they do provide some free software.   
   >   
   > Apple of course provides a ton of free software for users of Apple   
   > devices, including iMovie, Garage Band, Mail, Safari, Passwords, Pages,   
   > Numbers, Keynote, Music, Messages, Photos, Time Machine, etc. ... plus   
   > the various Apple operating systems themselves.   
      
   There is a ton of "free software" for both iOS and for Android.   
      
   What's unique about iOS is that you can't re-use that free software.   
   That's bad.   
      
   What's common about all other operating systems is that you can.   
   That's good.   
      
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