Because I wouldn't expect a local council to be the right people to design laptops, right enough. But grApple are literally the last company I'd give money to if I was buying one new, precisely *because* they such an autocracy.
As well as all the reasons @codinghorror explained here back in 2008;
https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-doesnt-anyone-give-a-crap-about-freedom-zero/
... among many, many others, like these;
https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/apple
So who would I give that money to instead?
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If I was buying a new laptop, instead of giving money to grApple, I'd probably give it to a more collaborative company, like;
* #Framework @frameworkcomputer)
... or one of the companies listed here;
For a laptop that serves the interests of me and mine. Unlike grApple's digital handcuffs, or those of anyone still collaborating with BorgSoft's enshittification of the once-open "PC" (x86).
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