The whole point of the article is that the new MacBooks are running on iPhone hardware. And that therefore there's no reason for you not being able to install MacOS on your iPhone. Even your old droid was locked down and you were not able to install a real OS which would have given you the freedom to run what you want without restrictions

I went to the Verizon store to buy an iPhone when the droid first launched, the rep said "you don't want that phone, check this one out" and showed me the droid. So glad I didn't get roped into that ecosystem.

I still miss CyanogenMod dearly...

The problem is that it allows users to detect when they're connected to a phony cell tower like the ones police and ICE use to intercept communications, and we Can't Have That.

We have been complaining about this shit for YEARS.

It’s easy to get mad at people for not knowing the things we know. It’s incredibly frustrating. But then they know things we don’t. Turns out there’s way too much stuff to know and we can’t all know everything.

Modern life is unbelievably complicated and everyone is failing to manage that complexity to a level that would satisfy all the idealists. In light of all that, I find it hard to blame them for it.

I don't know how many normies you talk to, the vast majority of Apple product owners I meet wouldn't even know what a proprietary system is, let alone what makes Apple exceptionally bad for it. If it isn't for jewelery, many of those people are also just buying Apple machines because there is a perceived and real quality gap between them and other options. They think there's just two major OS's to chose from and a Chromebook if you're poor.

Its true though, it is funny and annoying when people who understand what an Apple product is buys it and then acts surprised that it functions as advertised. I think most of these articles are written by people who are trying to warn average people and make sure the issue is platformed.

I think your missing the point of the neo. Prices are going up everywhere, but Apple has a lock in on the parts used to make that neo from older contracts.

So while everyone is selling shit based on the current landscape, Apple can take an older cell phone chip and ram and make an entire laptop out of it. The pricing pressures are different and they will sell like crazy because the consumer market just wasn’t important anymore…until Apple wanted it.

Love or hate Apple, this is a very good thing for the consumer.

Not even dual boot. The core OS is the same. Just have two UI. One for phone one for desktop.

Apple will never do this because they sell hardware.

Perhaps the writer should stop purchasing Apple products.

Perhaps.