That could also be done with a BASH script, but as TFA points out BASH isn't always available or up-to-date.
That seems like a ludicrously specious argument. Bash is pretty much always available on any of these platforms - and exactly how "up-to-date" would it need to be to run a script?
Besides, you know what's not available on pretty much any brand new system? Homebrew.
As opposed to what? A ‘funny’ language?
It made me think of an old Monty Python skit - although I mis-remembered the "sensible" party, originally thinking they'd called it "serious".
Bookkeeping?
I mean, both Mac App Store packages and Flatpaks are already self-contained... so there's no dependency management you have to think about with those "apps". And WSL already supports numerous Linux distros, each of which already has its own package manager (e.g. dnf, apt).
If I'd known ahead of time that it was gonna take me so long to find my checkbook, I might've done that! But I do that for bills - most of them are electronic transfers, but for a couple the bank actually mails a check. It's certainly easier.
seriously, slashdot? It's 2025 and you still can't do the Euro sign?
My phone is primarily a tool. It must be usable as a tool.
Where I live, I don't have to worry about my phone getting yoinked. As such, the greatest threat to my principles is having gApps installed. Which I do. So at that point, I'm installing LOS primarily so the user experience remains about the same across devices.
But that's my point: Someone who is all about security isn't looking for the same things as somebody who isn't. I am optimizing for workflow. You are not. Hence completely different use-cases.
Even so the prices are excessive. If I want to upgrade the SSD in the current MBP from 512 GB to 2 TB that's +750 â
Meanwhile, a Western Digital Red SN700 with 2 TB I can get for a bit over 200 â.
A Samsung 990 PRO 2 - 245 â (was just rated the best M.2 SSD on the market by Tom's Hardware).
Whatever exact chips Apple is using, they're not 3x as expensive as other high-quality SSDs.
Even if "locked in place" is your underlying assumption, anyone who's even heard of the real world from their mom who has a friend whose father once visited it should know that there is no rule without exceptions and even if that is perfectly true, a small number of those particles will not be locked in perfectly.
You shouldn't talk for everyone.
That GrapheneOS? Was a pain in the arse for me and I went back to LineageOS in under 48 hours.
"A hypochondriac and his money are soon parted."
I actually had to write a paper check recently. Took me 30 minutes to find my darn checkbook.
Say a guy had a camera out and was snapping shots and taking video on the subway of everyone. Would that be considered acceptable?
No, it would piss off a lot of the other passengers - even though it is legal behavior.
Talk to someone who does street photography about their confrontations sometime.
I only knew two people who wore Google Glasses, and honestly - they tended to frequently be assholes even before they got the glasses. The addition of the Google Glasses just exacerbated their personality issues.
Members of the current administration will certainly talk about anti-competitiveness, along with a copious amount of Trump spewing random unrelated crap when he gets asked about the merger - but then Netflix will funnel money to Trump in some manner and the deal will get done.
Netflix might buy into the ballroom, it might promise to develop "Trump: The Making of a Beloved Modern King", or money will quietly flow directly into the Trump family's pockets. One way or the other, this is going to be allowed to happen.
The same can be said for human reproduction and yet nobody's cheering for crack-babies.
The clothes have no emperor. -- C.A.R. Hoare, commenting on ADA.
