XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2026-01-03 20:20, Sn!pe wrote:   
   > CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >> Linux supports almost every platform under the sun.   
   >> How many platforms does MacOS run on?   
   >>   
   >   
   > macOS is designed to run on Apple kit, nothing else.  If it ran   
   > on other manucturers' (inferior) hardware, Apple would not sell   
   > as much of their own kit, which is where they make their money.   
   >   
   > This is not rocket surgery, just sound commercial design.   
   Which is entirely my point. Some of us buy hardware with the intention   
   of doing whatever we want with it. We have a choice to run Windows or   
   Linux if we bought x86-64, but Linux is still an option for us if we   
   bought hardware of any other platform. If I were to buy a Mac, there is   
   no doubt that I would have excellent hardware under my fingers when I   
   type. Nevertheless, the hardware will never allow me to do whatever I   
   want with it because, inevitably, Apple will cease to support it a few   
   years after I bought it with no realistic option to keep it useful once   
   the updates stop coming. I'm left with the option of buying a new one   
   from Apple and allowing them to recycle my machine.   
      
   Meanwhile, Linux just allowed my brother to give a third life to his   
   laptop from 2007.   
      
   --   
   CrudeSausage   
   John 14:6   
   Pop_OS!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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