Before I moved to macbook in 2014 I had had pretty positive experience with linux on the desktop.
I don’t want to disclose the reasons for that move since here is discussed the opposite but I have a question.
I absolutely loved my laptop and dwm instead of bloated desktop environments and I would be happy to move back to this universe.
BUT.
I got trapped to the apple’s ecosystem. I find it convenient to be able to share copy-paste buffer between my devices at hand. I find it useful that when I take a photo it gets uploaded somewhere and then I can see it on my laptop screen. Reminders, notes, music, phone backups.
I have a 7 year old tablet that still receives critical OS security updates.
If something turns my laptop, phone or tablet to ashes I can get a new one and get it back to the working condition pretty quickly. Laptop will require a bit more hassle because I don’t do backups and I haven’t created a provisioning script for it but still it is a matter of hours.
I don’t care about the logo and the company behind tools that I use. I just want a tool that fits my needs best and allows me to focus on things that are really important for me.
I want a phone/tablet that will still get official love and support from the vendor even 7 years after release.
I want my day to day getting things done be synced across my devices flawlessly.
I want smooth user experience and I don’t want spend my motherfucking time on choosing across multiple options related to the tools I use. Or at lease I am ready to spend some time in advance in order to forget about all that crap for a long while to focus on really interesting stuff.
Apple is very good at selling stuff to you. They are effing effective. Once you get one of their devices you will get used to it and will try more. And then out of a sudden you are surrounded by their shit. And it seems like you are happy about it.
Linux is fun. And the open source is fun. I am allergic to Android to the point of disgust. But what is the alternative to apple’s “ecosystem” in the open source world? Like phone, tablet and laptop/desktop + cloud sync among all three. I am ready to jump. Just tell me where.
The best part is that I was in a Microsoft developer event around 2010 or something. They showed a fancy marketing video about a construction guy going about his day. Seamlessly moving content between MS-made devices during his day.
Now it's 2020 and I still can't do that with Microsoft tools. With Apple, it's a reality.
I can open a link on my phone and my laptop automatically suggests I open it from the dock. All data is synced between my laptop, tablet and phone automatically with practically no delay.
I don’t want to disclose the reasons for that move since here is discussed the opposite but I have a question.
I absolutely loved my laptop and dwm instead of bloated desktop environments and I would be happy to move back to this universe.
BUT.
I got trapped to the apple’s ecosystem. I find it convenient to be able to share copy-paste buffer between my devices at hand. I find it useful that when I take a photo it gets uploaded somewhere and then I can see it on my laptop screen. Reminders, notes, music, phone backups.
I have a 7 year old tablet that still receives critical OS security updates.
If something turns my laptop, phone or tablet to ashes I can get a new one and get it back to the working condition pretty quickly. Laptop will require a bit more hassle because I don’t do backups and I haven’t created a provisioning script for it but still it is a matter of hours.
I don’t care about the logo and the company behind tools that I use. I just want a tool that fits my needs best and allows me to focus on things that are really important for me.
I want a phone/tablet that will still get official love and support from the vendor even 7 years after release.
I want my day to day getting things done be synced across my devices flawlessly.
I want smooth user experience and I don’t want spend my motherfucking time on choosing across multiple options related to the tools I use. Or at lease I am ready to spend some time in advance in order to forget about all that crap for a long while to focus on really interesting stuff.
Apple is very good at selling stuff to you. They are effing effective. Once you get one of their devices you will get used to it and will try more. And then out of a sudden you are surrounded by their shit. And it seems like you are happy about it.
Linux is fun. And the open source is fun. I am allergic to Android to the point of disgust. But what is the alternative to apple’s “ecosystem” in the open source world? Like phone, tablet and laptop/desktop + cloud sync among all three. I am ready to jump. Just tell me where.