Apple delenda est.

A conversation this morning.

“Hi I have two phones that the boys have that need fixing”

“OK”

“This one was dropped. It is a Motorola G. It needs a new screen. Can you fix it?”

“Sure. (checks model number). It is the first model. We can fix that”

“This is a Apple iphone 5. It needs a new battery. Can you fix that?”

(Pulls out ruler)

“The body is bent. The phone is unfixable. Sorry!”

I am not looking forward to the next round of computer upgrades at work. I use a Macbook Pro there. From 2013. I’ve looked at the new ones, and my three year old Acer Inspire I’m using now has better specs. I was going to get another mac simply because they are virtually indestructable. Quoting Thom, who abuses his equipment more than I do.

All of the options in these two lines are very credible models, and clearly faster than previous MacBook Pro Retina models. I wouldn’t quibble with anyone picking one particular set of CPU, GPU, display, RAM, and SSD options over another, as long as you’re aware of what you’re choosing and why. My older MacBook Pro 15” has been in sandstorms, bounced on seats over non-existent roads, vibrated to death with almost 200,000 air miles, and runs virtually constantly (it’s my second display in my office). The newest touch bar models have even fewer parts vulnerable to tough travel, but they are not user upgradeable, so make sure you buy what you need or will grow into up front.

I will pay for rugged. I’d rather carry a few extra grams and know it will work. But the new machines look fragile. They are not field repairable. And the OS is now lagging far behind antergos/arch running either KDE, cinnamon or lxde.

Apple is spending two much time virtue signalling. Their QA has gone. Google has not gone… yet.

The victory of the God-Emperor Ascendant was a massive blow to the SJWs inside Google, and like most SJWs, they have completely lost the plot post-election. They were openly calling other Googlers racists, sexists, and homophobes just for voting for Trump. Those are firing offenses at Google. Google has insane civility requirements imposed on anyone talking to a member of a protected group, but apparently calling for all Republicans to be fired is perfectly acceptable.

Of course, if they were to get their way, this would be tantamount to Google cutting it’s own throat in the Age of Trump, but because the authorities there are amenable, the internal SJWs will not be excised and will continue to converge the organization.

But permitting the SJW infestation to get worse is short-sighted and self-defeating. Every social media organization which is corrupted and converged will be disrupted and replaced. Both Google and Amazon are keeping their SJW infestations under control for the time being, but the question is, how much longer before they can’t keep a lid on it and they go the way of Twitter, Apple, Wikipedia, and other declining technology giants

The fact Google is an open ecosystem with feral Asian companies exploiting older versions of the OS (I have a blackview dual sim phone for backup and travel, and it is good. Not as good as a Moto G4, but half the price) keeps them reality based.

Apple is not. They are not needed. All of their good software is forked or replaceable. If you want good integration, go to System 76 or Dell. Or roll your own like the rest of us.