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1399 points davikr | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.454s | source
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CobrastanJorji ◴[12 Nov 25 21:24 UTC] No.45906945[source]▶
> Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer?

From your mouth to Tim Cook's ear, friend.

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1. danudey ◴[12 Nov 25 23:31 UTC] No.45908418[source]▶
Yeah, imagine if you could install a different operating system on your Mac! What a world that would be!

Worth noting that this is a dig against the other consoles which do not allow this, not Apple who (in part) does.

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2. bigyabai ◴[13 Nov 25 00:27 UTC] No.45908894[source]▶
Apple can revoke it at any time. If a future update disabled or changed iBoot, there is no guarantee Linux would ever run again (unlike UEFI Macs).

Valve is not like Apple, they treat UEFI as a default.

3. jsheard ◴[13 Nov 25 01:14 UTC] No.45909219[source]▶
Apple giving you more than consoles do is damning with faint praise, the Mac bootloader is technically open but without any public hardware documentation it's borderline impossible to do anything useful with that. Asahi have done incredible work but even they are still catching up with the M3, nevermind the current M5.