FYI that 4.15% is annual not per month. Per month it would be the greatest financial deal in history lol

Apple users do have a choice. Apple isn’t the only game in town. If those users disagree with Apple and want Tate shit, they can use a different platform.

Apple hit a sweet spot with this. x86_64 applications run at acceptable speed (making the transition easy for people who buy the hardware) while not being SO good that there’s zero reason for developers to start porting their software.

Podcasts seem to have figured out monetizing without centralization.

The city used to be bigger perhaps. The sewer is older infrastructure from a forgotten age.

apt dist-upgrade will sometimes resolve this.

Yes, but it’s a bit weird and the interface isn’t designed for it. I keep them separate, but I could see it being useful in a pinch.

If it’s not internet connected it’s not that big of a deal

You can just run the iPad app anyway, which will get you 90% of what you’d want. They can take their time and figure out what needs to be added.

God forbid you try to look good for your wife 🤷

If you’re running Safari, you’re already running their OS. If Apple wants to spy on you, they’ve already got the means to do so, so you’ve already decided to trust them.

Switching to Chrome or Firefox means trusting one more entity in addition to Apple. This expands your possible exposure.

I use Miniflux + Reeder. It’s really nice.