On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple
does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably
the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect
on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple
does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably
the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect
on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect
on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
On 3/13/26 5:53 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the
Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple
does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably
the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect
on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the
prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
That is crazy wrong. My new Mac Air is chocked full of Windows-based software. There is only one app that I use that is not available on
this Mac, and if I was desperate enough I could get Parallels and put
that on here. After 35 years as a devoted Windows fan I have found a
better platform.
On 2026-03-13 14:53, Maria Sophia wrote:
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the
Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple
does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it.
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably
the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect
on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the
prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
But this is all bullshit based on the fact that Apple adopted better
image formats than were commonly in use...
...MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AGO.
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
On 2026-03-13 14:53, Maria Sophia wrote:
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the >>> Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple >>> does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it. >>>
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably >>> the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect >>> on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the >>> prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
But this is all bullshit based on the fact that Apple adopted better
image formats than were commonly in use...
...MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AGO.
These are also international standards introduced by a consortium and are open for anyone to adopt.
The fact that Windows doesn't support them natively is simply a choice microsoft made.
On 2026-03-14 17:05:45 +0000, Tom Elam said:
On 3/13/26 5:53 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
On the Windows newsgroup was a discussion about Apple today, to which
I responded with the following philosophical understanding of Apple...
From: Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Apple's newer image formats
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:02:51 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <slrn10r8rbb.8t31.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
I have studied Apple for years and I am a frequent poster to some of the >>> Apple newsgroups, where I have noticed that almost everything that Apple >>> does is for a different reason than what Apple "says" is why it does it. >>>
Apple marketing is brilliant, so let's not be mislead by what is arguably >>> the finest mistruth-propagation propaganda dissemination engine ever.
The only way to understand why Apple does what Apple does, is to look
askance at what Apple says is why it does it, but look at what the effect >>> on the typical Apple user is in terms of interoperability OUTSIDE of the >>> prison ecosystem that Apple purposefully creates to keep people inside.
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
That is crazy wrong. My new Mac Air is chocked full of Windows-based
software. There is only one app that I use that is not available on
this Mac, and if I was desperate enough I could get Parallels and put
that on here. After 35 years as a devoted Windows fan I have found a
better platform.
Please just ignore Maria / Marian / Arlen (and numerous other names the
fool uses). That troll is well established as a know-nothing anti-Apple moron who has less than zero clue about anything it posts. :-\
Tom Elam wrote:
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
That is crazy wrong. My new Mac Air is chocked full of Windows-based
software. There is only one app that I use that is not available on this
Mac, and if I was desperate enough I could get Parallels and put that on
here. After 35 years as a devoted Windows fan I have found a better
platform.
You bring up a great point in that macOS is NOT a prison ecosystem.
Since macOS has always been the "grown-up" Apple OS:
a. You can install whatever software you want.
b. You can run Windows apps through virtualization.
c. Filesystem access is normal and predictable.
d. Developers can distribute apps outside the App Store .
e. You can compile Linux tools, run Docker, use Homebrew,
SSH into anything, etc.
f. Hell, you can even add a firewall, torrent & the real Tor browser
None of which the iOS prison ecosystem can do.
But iOS?
iOS is clearly designed to be a prison ecosystem.
Apple claims they put us in the iOS prison ecosystem "for our safety".
And yet, there is no safety.
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: What are the merits of the claim that iOS is "way more secure"?
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:15:53 -0700
Message-ID: <10ic5d9$2mvn$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
Hmmm... maybe Apple had a different reason for the iOS prison after all?
HINT: control === revenue
On 3/14/26 2:01 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
Tom Elam wrote:
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want to
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits.
That is crazy wrong. My new Mac Air is chocked full of Windows-based
software. There is only one app that I use that is not available on this >>> Mac, and if I was desperate enough I could get Parallels and put that on >>> here. After 35 years as a devoted Windows fan I have found a better
platform.
You bring up a great point in that macOS is NOT a prison ecosystem.
Since macOS has always been the "grown-up" Apple OS:
˙ a. You can install whatever software you want.
˙ b. You can run Windows apps through virtualization.
˙ c. Filesystem access is normal and predictable.
˙ d. Developers can distribute apps outside the App Store˙˙˙ .
˙ e. You can compile Linux tools, run Docker, use Homebrew,
˙˙˙˙ SSH into anything, etc.
˙ f. Hell, you can even add a firewall, torrent & the real Tor browser
˙˙˙˙ None of which the iOS prison ecosystem can do.
But iOS?
iOS is clearly designed to be a prison ecosystem.
Apple claims they put us in the iOS prison ecosystem "for our safety".
And yet, there is no safety.
˙ Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
˙ Subject: What are the merits of the claim that iOS is "way more
secure"?
˙ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:15:53 -0700
˙ Message-ID: <10ic5d9$2mvn$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
Hmmm... maybe Apple had a different reason for the iOS prison after all?
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ HINT: control === revenue
More crazy BS. On my iOS devices I run:
Google Maps, not Apple
Outlook, not Mail
Office 365, not Apple's apps
Roku, not Apple TV
Google Photos and Drive
YouTube Music, not Apple
OneCalendar
Kindle, not Books
and more. Many of these generate no Apple revenue.
On 03/17/2026 10:29, Tom Elam wrote:
On 3/14/26 2:01 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:
Tom Elam wrote:
The more Apple can make life miserable for Apple owners who want toThat is crazy wrong. My new Mac Air is chocked full of Windows-based
interoperate with other platforms, the better it is for Apple profits. >>>>
software. There is only one app that I use that is not available on this >>>> Mac, and if I was desperate enough I could get Parallels and put that on >>>> here. After 35 years as a devoted Windows fan I have found a better
platform.
You bring up a great point in that macOS is NOT a prison ecosystem.
Since macOS has always been the "grown-up" Apple OS:
˙ a. You can install whatever software you want.
˙ b. You can run Windows apps through virtualization.
˙ c. Filesystem access is normal and predictable.
˙ d. Developers can distribute apps outside the App Store˙˙˙ .
˙ e. You can compile Linux tools, run Docker, use Homebrew,
˙˙˙˙ SSH into anything, etc.
˙ f. Hell, you can even add a firewall, torrent & the real Tor browser
˙˙˙˙ None of which the iOS prison ecosystem can do.
But iOS?
iOS is clearly designed to be a prison ecosystem.
Apple claims they put us in the iOS prison ecosystem "for our safety".
And yet, there is no safety.
˙ Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
˙ Subject: What are the merits of the claim that iOS is "way more
secure"?
˙ Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:15:53 -0700
˙ Message-ID: <10ic5d9$2mvn$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
Hmmm... maybe Apple had a different reason for the iOS prison after all? >>> ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ HINT: control === revenue
More crazy BS. On my iOS devices I run:
Google Maps, not Apple
Outlook, not Mail
Office 365, not Apple's apps
Roku, not Apple TV
Google Photos and Drive
YouTube Music, not Apple
OneCalendar
Kindle, not Books
and more. Many of these generate no Apple revenue.
Surely the mere fact you downloaded them from the App Store generated
revenue for Apple.
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