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Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough (www.theregister.com)
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[–] danielfgom@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Linux. Linux respects user freedom. The user is free to examine the code of the software or os, modify it to their liking and share it on

For example, if Apple was FOSS/Libre and people were unhappy with any Apple app, iOS, macos, ipados, tvos, watchos - they could simply modify the code to make it work the way they want (fork it, is the technical term) and even release the new version under a new name. Or they could keep it for their own personal use.

In Linux you can do exactly that. I could take any Linux OS, make as many changes as I want and use it for myself or name it and make it available for download. I could even sell it.

In fact they is exactly what Steve did with Unix. Unix is like Linux in how it works. And there are free Unix versions available called FreeBSD.

Steve Jobs took that free OS, modified it to make NextOS and sold it on his Next PC's. When Apple acquired Next, they renamed NextOS to AppleOS/OS X/macOS. Later they modified it and called it iOS, then ipadOS, then TVOS, then WatchOS.

And make Billions from this free operating system

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just barge on talking about something entirely irrelevant to the article you didn't read. Don't look back or doubt yourself for even one moment.

[–] danielfgom@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I will thanks 👍. The point is to have conversations, what on or off topic