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> I wish the hardware were somehow more open

Some of us are old enough to remember the era of the officially authorised Apple clones in the 90's.

Some of us worked in hardware repair roles at the time.

Some of us remember the sort of shit the third-party vendors used to sell as clones.

Some of us were very happy the day Apple called time on the authorised clone industry.

The tight-knit integration between Apple OS and Apple Hardware is a big part of what makes their platform so good. I'm not saying perfect. I'm just saying if you look at it honestly as someone who's used their kit alongside PCs for many decades, you can see the difference.




Nobody is asking for Mac clones, I just want to be able to replace the SSD when it dies...


Or not have to pay $800 for a 2TB SSD that actually costs about $100.


Some of us remember that Franklin Computers never tried to monopolize and subsequently exploit a captive userbase for recurring service revenue.

Some of us might even be of the opinion that such a competition was beneficial to consumers that wanted more.




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