Tim Cook sold Apple's soul

@kevinrenskers - I just switched my daily driver from mac to linux.
I switched from Windows to Mac when the Mac mini first came out. Mine was the first one sold in Germany (out of a first-day shipment of six
For Messages, consider Signal. Similar integration on mobile and desktop: text, call, and video.
My big hurdle was Photos. Digikam works for me now.

Still, some things don't work, yet. Bit once I figure it out, they will.
I've felt for years that macs have been deteriorating ever faster, with no solution in sight.

Feels good now.

@kevinrenskers Great, I was considering Apple after trying my company's Mac Mini.

@emma @kevinrenskers yeah! That's the one!

@axel_hartmann Nobody I know is on Signal, that’s just not a real option for me.

@qgustavor It’s still miles better than Windows so I totally understand. Once I tried my first Mac, back in 2005 or so, I also made the switch.

@kevinrenskers glad to see your post getting some traction. As for me, I sold my MacBook Pro recently and am now firmly in the Linux camp and no longer own any Apple devices. Meanwhile, the most recent post on Daring Fireball is boasting about Apple's profits - doesn't that mean the CEO is doing well?

@stuartm From a capitalist point of view - sure. But that’s not what I care about.

So you switched to Android too?

@kevinrenskers I switched to Android full-time a few years ago. For a while before that I carried both an iPhone and an Android.

@stuartm Yeah I just don’t think Google’s any better. Definitely worse when it comes to privacy. I don’t see it as a real option to switch to, which makes me feel trapped. This duopoly sucks.

@kevinrenskers at least Google doesn't pretend to care about you! lol

I don't rely on any Google services though. I don't use Gmail, or any of the other Google apps. I use Firefox on Android and desktop, Fastmail for mail/calendars/etc. WhatsApp for messaging. It's pretty difficult to avoid all shitty companies, so I try not to rely on any one of them for too much.

@leroy @kevinrenskers

I'll be honest, I haven't missed banking apps since I moved to GrapheneOS. I carry a credit card and a pass for transit now. One client in the last year has sent me a paper check that required a trip to a particular ATM. Everything else I can do through a browser.

@stonetree @leroy My bank requires the use of their app to login and to approve transfers.

@kevinrenskers @leroy

oof, that's terrible. It reminds me of poor Werner Herzog needing a phone to park.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/787625/werner-herzogs-smartphone-is-for-parking-lot-emergencies

@kevinrenskers apple music is good, but why not switch to Tidal?

@kevinrenskers I used to think Tim had character.

@franksting as I said in the article:

My family all use it too, and we love to make collaborative playlists for road trips.

I’m not going to force them to switch to Tidal (I wouldn’t even be able to do so).

@kevinashworth Maybe when he posted about George Floyd, but other than that not much comes to mind? He mostly seems like a bean counter who doesn’t speak his mind.

@kevinrenskers sorry, my bad for skimming over that bit

@kevinrenskers They still don't unlock iPhones for the government. But please, by all means, enjoy your next U.S. ecosystem.