[mbjdesign]

I bought an M1 at release and in past 6 months have bought a new Apple TV, a HomePod Mini and a number of HomeKit accessories. My wife got a 12 Mini recently when her 7 Plus was smashed and I had planned on buying a new iPhone this autumn to replace my 7 Plus. These are all exceptional purchases as I rarely buy this much tech at once, but it was part of a commitment to Swift and native iOS and macOS development as I felt their on-device computing and hardware advantage was a strong reason to try something other than my predominantly backend web development.

I’m now conflicted. I’m not sure whether I’ll go ahead with my planned purchases and career change.

I believe in fixing things rather than walking away, but I think my agency as a developer (even if I worked directly for Apple) is limited. I probably hold far more power as a customer, and if past-Apple is indicative of future-Apple, it’ll be money that prompts them to reconsider decisions like these.

I’d happily move to working with other systems, I already run a dual-booting PC for some of my other work and quite like the idea of managing photos on my own server. Media like music and films is a harder issue as I’ve bought around £1500 worth of films on iTunes over the years and lost my music library when switching from iTunes Match to Apple Music. Another factor is that my family (parents, grandparents, etc) are all now used to FaceTime and asking them to use an open source alternative would be non-trivial.

All this to say “I’m not sure”. I don’t think they’ve done enough yet to warrant knee-jerk abandonment but I am watching closely, researching alternatives and holding off on any more investment (financial or education) in their ecosystem until I’m confident one way or the other.

[readonthegoapp]

I hadn't thought this far ahead yet

In part because I don't have a personal mac though I do use one for work

Can I go to jail?

I read a lot

I've been following the innocence project on and off for 30 years

I see every NYT headline of some incredible story of some guy getting off death row after 25 years

They were always obviously innocent but it didn't matter

Three Philly cops just got charged for perjury

I think its scary

This is a diff arg than privacy

I'm white so I got that going for me

But I've also tried to be politically active tho never successful -- fortunately for me personally

Didn't someone just get arrested for downloading some paper?