My distro is downstream of arch, there's always an update. I just install them when I feel like it
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The Mac one could be a lot more realistic:
"Mac OS Yellowstone is available for your Mac, and will update tonight."
"Mac OS did not update last night because you left some windows open."
"Mac OS will update tonight, but you must enter your fingerprint and password to make it happen."
"Mac OS did not update last night because you didn't enter your password again at 2AM and we weren't sure if you really meant it"
"Mac OS did not update last night because the vibes were off."
You're right; also realistic would be the Mac user who simply refuses to reboot their Mac at any time ever.
Of course! What would be the use for a machine that could only work when I am also in the office?
Depends on distro, snapshotting and if it's a immutable distro.
Though Windows users should be worrying more, they don't have backups and have silently activated bitlocker but ignorance of that is bliss.
Mac user don't have to worry in my experience.
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Me, a Debian user: "Wow, been 5 years already? Cool beans"
Linux update is more like… “uh oh, please don’t break anything, I just got my graphics drivers working last week.”
This take is based on a true story.
That is the same with nvidia drivers on windows nowadays. They keep pushing updates that just break shit.
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macOS updates haven't cost money since 2009
But... They did?! (Never had a mac)
No, major OS releases used to cost money for a license. The same way a Windows 11 license costs money. Apple stopped charging for OS releases but Microsoft still does.
But Lemmy assured me that Apple is BAD!
MacOS never had licenses, owning a mac was the license because you couldn't run it on non-apple hardware* until they switched to Intel. I got OS8 from a copy of MacAddict.
* not counting Gil Amelio's ill-fated hardware mac clone program
I have a vague memory of spending $30 for an upgrade to MacOS more than a decade ago. Then Apple stopped charging for them. So, this comic is pretty off base, but people love to bitch, so what can you do.
Yeah, the last time they charged was Snow Leopard in 2009. Everything has all been free since. Snow Leopard was really a dream to use, though. If paying $30 would get us back to that kind of luxury, I would gladly pay for the privilege.
Every 10.x version of OS X cost money up through 10.6, just like how every version of Windows has cost money unless you use one of the keygens Microsoft doesn't care about.
7.1 was the first MacOS that apple charged for, nominally to cover the cost of the CDs. 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6 all cost $29, but you could get free installers from many of the Mac magazines.
8.0, 8.5 and 9.0 were $99
10.0 was $129
10.1 was free, but a lot of stores charged a handling fee. I remember picking up my copy from CompUSA for ten cents.
10.2 - 10.5 were $130 upgrades, but there were numerous ways to get it for free. I don't think I ever actually paid for any of them.
10.6 and 10.7 were both $30
10.8 was $20
10.9 and later were all free
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Also Linux: oh good. Maybe it’ll fix this issue so I don’t have to lol
Android apps:
The free features are now removed. Watch a video before you can send texts for a week.
Similar - this free app has now been acquired by a Chinese conglomerate and will soon have micro transactions and tracking added. Also for some reason it needs all permissions now to even function.
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TBH, I say "Not again!" on Linux if it's a kernel update, because it means I'll have to reboot.
Sounds like Arch that seems to me to update the kernel every week.
I say "Not again" on Linux too if it's a kernel update because anything newer than 6.10 means that sleep is broken again and I have to roll back to 6.10.
Huh, never had to pay for a Mac update.
That's because Apple hasn't charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9
Edit: I also don't think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it's not like they didn't have any overhead they had to pay for
They were more expensive in the early 2000s.
See, for example, this MacRumors thread from 2003 entitled “Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Why Is it still $129?”
Jaguar (10.2) was also $129 in 2002.
10.1 was free.
Going up from 2003,
- 10.4 Tiger was $129 in 2005
- 10.5 Leopard was $129 in 2007
- 10.6 Snow Leopard was $29 in 2009
- 10.7 Lion was $29 in 2011
- 10.8 Mountain Lion was $29 in 2012
- 10.9 Mavericks was a free update in 2013
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MacOS updates don't cost money. They're also completely optional (even security updates) and major OS versions introduce new features.
The comic is from 2011. The upgrade to OS X Lion, released that year, was paid originally and then made available for free.
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The current mainline kernel hangs on my laptop when the system goes to screen off idle.
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