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Plus the #GoldenPrison of the #appstore, the lack of #freeasinfreedm #software, the whole OS being #proprietary and their love of #DigitalRestrictionsManagement aka #drm aka #digital shackle.
I once liked very much #Apple. When it was #hackerfriendly
Only one of the several reasons why I #AvoidApple:
#Apple has tragically killed off its last device that still had a #headphone #jack | Macworld
https://www.macworld.com/article/2326277/9th-gen-ipad-discontinued-10th-gen-price-cut.html
Apple has tragically killed off its last device that still had a headphone jack
The oldest and cheapest 9th-gen iPad is no more.Michael Simon (Macworld)
Oggi ho fatto vedere agli studenti alcune foto degli iBook G3 a conchiglia colorati. Alcuni non li avevano mai visti (beata gioventù!) e sono piaciuti moltissimo. Poi ho mostrato come non fosse un'idea nuova, ma l'aveva già messa in pista Olivetti con le sue macchine per scrivere Lettera 32.
Risultato? Venerdì prossimo porterò in laboratorio la Lettera 32 verde acqua di mio papà perché c'è chi non ha mai usato niente del genere.
#iBook #Apple #Olivetti #Lettera32
#CommunitySpotlight: No #Apple user? Annoyed by people trying to #airdrop something to you?
Recommend them to try #LocalSend and get in touch with the maintainers via #Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/localsend/localsend
#Automattic just acquired #Texts and #Beeper, two #matrix chat apps that work with a bunch of bridges to popular apps :
* https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/
* https://automattic.com/2024/04/09/automattic-acquires-beeper/
I really hope they open source it.
Since they are going for a fee-for-service model like Wordpress, I'm optimistic. This is key for breaking the network effects that #gatekeeper companies rely on: #Apple #Meta #Facebook #WhatsApp #Discord #Telegram #Signal.
#Unpatchable #Vulnerability in #Apple #m1 #m2 Chip Leaks Secret Encryption Keys
Now that's a good, sound reason to avoid them. Until now I felt like the fox in "The Fox and the grapes"
Unpatchable Vulnerability in Apple Chip Leaks Secret Encryption Keys - Slashdot
A newly discovered vulnerability baked into Apple's M-series of chips allows attackers to extract secret keys from Macs when they perform widely used cryptographic operations, academic researchers have revealed in a paper published Thursday.apple.slashdot.org
Quasi 35 anni fa, il Cern e Tim Berners-Lee resero il web un bene comune; grazie a questo non ne guadagnarono nulla.
Oggi Apple vuole sabotare il web per pura avidità.
Lettera aperta a Tim Cook: sabotare le applicazioni web è indifendibile
Apple vieterà le applicazioni web in 7 giorni nell'UE.
😢 Molte aziende saranno gravemente danneggiate e alcune dovranno chiudere.
🌎 Questo danneggerà anche tutto il web
👉 Firma ora: https://letter.open-web-advocacy.org/
Quickemu
This quickemu could easily dislodge VirtualBox as my favorite desktop virtualization solution:
Quickly create and run highly optimized desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; ...
Quickemu now also includes comprehensive support for macOS and Windows.
Features
macOS Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave & High Sierra
Win
https://monodes.com/predaelli/2024/02/05/quickemu/
#Apple #Microsoft #ProprietarySoftware #Software #SoftwareLibero #VirtualBox
Quickemu
This quickemu could easily dislodge VirtualBox as my favorite desktop virtualization solution: Quickly create and run highly optimized desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; ……Paolo Redaelli