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[–] raver9876 ago  (edited ago)

Apple sucks. After doing a fresh install of MacOS 10.13 on a clean HD inside a 2011 MacBook, I tried to use the App Store to install their office software including Keynote, Pages, Numbers etc..

The App Store told me that this software was unavailable for MacOS 10.13.

Their current system is 10.14 and basically Apple is saying that if I don’t buy a new Mac, I can’t install any useful software.

P.S. Generally anything older or slower than a 2012 MacBookPro won’t run 10.14.

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[–] libman ago 

Ever see a person with an "I'M A FUCKING IDIOT" tattooed on their forehead?

That's what I see when I look at anyone with an Apple laptop!

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[–] acheron2012 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I’m conflicted on this. On one hand it smacks of totalitarianism.

But there are also very valid reasons for it.

I’d like the user to continue to be able to authorize individual exceptions. But realistically the average Linux programmer is really to stupid to do that responsibly. So it isn’t a practical solution.

And for the average user the benefit of not having to spend $50-70 a year for antivirus software that then permanently sucks up 25% of your CPU cycles does have real value.

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[–] libman ago 

But there are also very valid reasons for it.

We need decentralized checksum databases of audited code and compiled binary packages. Not more power to the government and its corporate whores like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc.

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[–] Roody15 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Agree. It may be workable as long as Apple lets you bypass this restriction for IT and advanced users. If they don’t and force full on iOS like App Store than this would be a major problem. IMO