I am not an apple fanboy. I use my linux box and hand-built desktop environment 90% of the day. I have an apple phone because android phones are terrible privacy wise, unless you use graphene but then I can’t use my bitcoin apple/google pay debit card.
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Like it or not, from the beginning, what Apple does, sets the tone for where everyone else goes. I can’t stand Apple now. But ignoring what they are doing is foolish.