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Much as the gap between Windows and MacOS has narrrowed in recent years, for a user there just isn’t a meaningful difference between Apple and more commoditized

Much as the gap between Windows and MacOS has narrrowed in recent years, for a user there just isn’t a meaningful difference between Apple and more commoditized competitors to justify a massive price point. I pay it because a few hundred dollars every 3 years is less pain than spending a few days migrating my life off the Apple ecosystem (like Photos and Music) but at some price differential it becomes compelling. Apple has failed to extend the ecosystem. The Watch is a very limited use product. There hasn’t been a must have software or service introduced in how many years?

zozbot123 8y ago
> Much as the gap between Windows and MacOS has narrrowed in recent years Except that it hasn't - if anything, it has widened with Windows 10 being such a massive dumpster fire. And most computer users have no idea that you can wipe Windows 10 completely if you want, and run a free Linux distro on your PC.
- yostrovs 8y ago
  Most users are also unaware that they can collect used cooking oil from local restaurants to use in their diesel cars.
- bluedino 8y ago
  Desktop Linux is still a dumpster fire depending on what you want to do
- Marsymars 8y ago
  It's really a matter of opinion, not ignorance. I run macOS, Windows and Linux on a daily basis, and find macOS and Windows very much equivalent in use. (Linux less so for my particular use, I find Linux desktop environments ugly, so I'm CLI only.)
- doggydogs94 8y ago
  Of course, that “dumpster fire” has 50 times as many users as all Linux distros combined.