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    [–] [email protected] 99 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    MacOS software updates are free. The issue is that suddenly Apple decides your perfectly functioning computer is no longer supported, and after that in a matter of 2 years you will no longer find any new software for your OS, and then you have 3 options:

    • Buy a new computer.
    • Hackintosh it with a dosdude patch to use the latest version of MacOS.
    • Just install GNU/LINUX.
    [–] [email protected] 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    This comic is old, Mac major OS updates used to cost money.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    My MacBook Air is 3 years old and I just installed Sonoma on it, runs great! πŸ‘

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

    I think they're referring to the fact that you can only continue using an unsupported version of MacOS for two years, not that the computer will only get two years of support.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm mostly fine with it because my work buys my equipment so asking for new hardware is easy. Buuut you are absolutely right that we need a systemic fix for this. It's anti-consumer for there not to be some required support length of like 5 years or something

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Minor Mac update available! -> 1 hour to install it

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

    redownload whole os

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I have been replacing work laptops every 4 years and home ones every 5 to 6. I've never had an os update issue. I suspect your concerns are more than 15 years old.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

    You think that's a lot? I don't have a single laptop younger than 6 years, at home or work.

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    [–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Imagine questioning a free neck stretch

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    A legit guffaw this early in the day? Thank you for that.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    The better question is can we have picture controls to rotate/drag-to-enlarge with in-line media?

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Idk, I took a normal pictuer, but when uploading it, it somehow rotated

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Maybe your picture was rotated by changing its metadata (it was not reencoded in a new direction) and pict-rs didn't handle that metadata correctly. If I find the time, I'll try it myself.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Somehow, palpatine has rotated

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

    From my point of view the Jedi are sideways!

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    [–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (24 children)

    Why do Mac updates cost money?

    [–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    They actually used to, until like 10 years ago. This comic is from before then.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I remember going to the Apple Store and picking up Snow Leopard on a DVD. Good times.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

    Very nice. I remember gazing longingly at all things Mac during this era. But then I found Ubuntu, and then Debian… and that was that.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

    They don't anymore. This is a very old reference!

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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    They already used to charge for major updates (just like Microsoft did).

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