Tim Cook sold Apple's soul

[dennyhenke@social.coop]

@kevinrenskers @dgriffinjones
I think reduction of Apple Services is a great way to go about it. Honestly, I turned it into a bit of a game and challenge which puts a twist on it. And it helped get me there.

For Music, have you considered presenting it to your family as a family challenge/project? Like, if there is some agreement about the problem of Apple, perhaps they would be more willing Perhaps thinking outside the box and discussing it as a group might be useful and even kinda fun.

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@dennyhenke If all I end up with is an Apple Music subscription and get rid of the rest, I’m happy.

[dennyhenke@social.coop]

@kevinrenskers Yeah, any progress is great!

I'm glad to see you sharing about it. I really hope more folks do as it helps shift perceptions and discussion. And folks helping each other too. Users helping users through the process adds to the over-all vibe. I don't know, maybe it's in my head, but we have this great thing in Mastodon where we're all just a keyboard away from offering advice. It's an opportunity to learn and grow together.

We can empower each other. I wish you well!

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@dennyhenke Thanks! 🙏
And yea I’ve seen lots of people agreeing with the article. Maybe it convinced a few people to take another look at their walled gardens.

[olokolo@mastodon.social]

@kevinrenskers I developed a bad feeling towards Apple few years ago, although I used to praise them. Now it got much worse than I imagined. What is in store for Apple users? Glad I am not one of them anymore.

[uneerie@chaos.social]

@kevinrenskers thank you.

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@olokolo Right, for me this feeling has been growing for a few years as well. I used to build iOS apps for a living until 2023 when I decided to switch. So it’s not new but it’s getting worse and worse, Cook’s cozying up to Trump.

[laorobob@troet.cafe]

@kevinrenskers
Thanks for this insight. As an Apple user since 1992, I really started to feel uneasy only when Tahoe arrived. Before that, while I noticed the embarrassing behaviour of Tim Apple, I thought it wouldn’t affect the product. But now, there is no denying any more.
And for the first time I start to feel the dilemma since I need the stuff to work and there is no viable alternative (and no, for my needs, Linux is not there yet).

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@LaOroBob Yeah I am still on iOS 18 and macOS 15 on all my devices. Linux isn't really the biggest problem for me - it's the iPhone.

[holtisan@mastodon.social]

@kevinrenskers

This blog posts hits home, man. I was aware of some stuff, but there is more perspective in there.

I switched my desktop OS to Linux already, @nextcloud & @homeassistant are my next projects on the list. Not using any Meta or X or Google stuff.

My iPad lays dormant in some box, not using it at all.

For the iPhone, I am not sure. It’s my absolute daily driver. I have hardened it in terms of privacy & data collection.

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@Holtisan Yeah the iPhone is the real problem, I just don't see a good alternative to be honest. But I only just started looking into de-Googled Android versions, so who knows.

[holtisan@mastodon.social]

@kevinrenskers yeah, I have been looking at alternatives, too. There are good ones, for sure. But none could really wow me into using it. I am not super dependend on iOS exclusive apps. But most alternatives just don’t feel as good or lack functionality.
Also my family is almost all on iPhone. Sharing between those devices is just so simple, if it wasn’t for LiquidGlass going in the way.

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@Holtisan Same here! We're all-in on Apple: MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, iMessage, shared calendars, Apple Music, password sharing, etc.

So it's not just me leaving the Apple ecosystem, it's also me leaving the family ecosystem (because they will absolutely not switch to Linux and/or Android).

I haven't updated to Liquid Glass though 😅

[ladyailuros@mastodon.social]

@kevinrenskers

Oh yeah if we hooked a turbine up to Jobs’ corpse we could power entire cities he’s spinning so hard in his grave.

[leroy@indiehackers.social]

@stonetree @kevinrenskers parking! I forgot about that. ugh, that’s another dependency and the city uses ~7 different apps, depending on the lot (luckily most of them have several options)

[tael@yiff.life]

@kevinrenskers I'm more sympathetic to this take https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116005751401481582

[tael@yiff.life]

@kevinrenskers I think you fundamentally misread the post. It's saying that Liquid Glass is NOT when Apple began being evil. Neither is this. Apple never had a soul, they were always the bad guys.

[tael@yiff.life]

@kevinrenskers You are framing Apple as "they were once the good guys but now they have forsook all their principles and become the bad guys." They didn't. They were always the bad guys.

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@tael Ok, I don't really agree with that. But I am fine with you believing that.

[tael@yiff.life]

@kevinrenskers Again, you're fundamentally misreading the post. I can't help you if you refuse to understand the point I'm making, which has nothing to do with Liquid Glass, at all. You don't have to agree with it, but misrepresenting it is equally unnecessary.