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On 2025-03-25 12:47:39 +0000, CrudeSausage said:

> On 2025-03-25 00:00, Johnny LaRue wrote:
>> In article <uorjtj1svg4iel6a1il22vrqbe394idovc@4ax.com>,
>> Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> A Mac mini would be $1400.  What I could build for that is
>>> unbelievable.  Getting macOS to me isn't so amazing, Linux does OK.  I
>>> think Apple is like M$ selling products to high-end users first.
>> 
>> Yes, Apple costs more than Dell.   And BMWs cost more than Chevys.   And
>> steak costs more than chicken.
>> 
>> What is your point?
>> 
>> But what is the alleged "sacrifice of control"?   What does that even
>> mean?    My Macs are somehow "out of control"?
> 
> He's suggesting that in addition to Apple devices being more or less a 
> walled garden (not really since you can install from outside the Apple 
> Store even though the operating system makes that needlessly annoying 
> for some applications like Betterbird), you lose control in that your 
> hardware is abandoned after a number of years. On an x86-64 machine, 
> this isn't a problem since you can go ahead and install Linux. However, 
> once Apple decides not to supply you with MacOS anymore, you're stuck. 
> You /CAN/ continue to use it, but the lack of updates might make its 
> use a danger if you are connecting to the Internet.

If you really wanted to, you can install Linux on a Mac that is 
supposedly "too old" as well.