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DESCRIPTION: A space for anyone who uses Apple products, appreciates what they get right, and wants to talk plainly about what they don’t. This is a friendly place for healthy criticism. You don’t have to love the company. You don’t have to hate it either. If you want honest discussion about Apple hardware, software, ecosystem choices, design decisions, frustrations, or pleasant surprises, you’re welcome here.

RULES: This is a place for:

Thoughtful critique, real-world experience, and respectful disagreement
Sharing tips, solutions, workarounds, and overlooked features
Questioning decisions without turning everything into a complaint thread
Welcoming users at any level of experience or enthusiasm

This is not a place for:

Trolling, pile-ons, or knee-jerk negativity
Brand loyalty debates
Personal attacks, sarcasm aimed at other users, or rhetorical grandstanding
Gatekeeping based on technical skill, platform history, or product ownership
Derogatory references to cults or fanboyism. I don’t actually believe those things really exist anymore. If you wanna talk about them in a historical context, that’s totally fine.

You use Apple. You think about it. (Maybe you think different). That’s all it takes to participate here.

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Reverendender@sh.itjust.works

If you could fix one thing about the Apple ecosystem, what would it be? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Reverendender@sh.itjust.works to c/saltycaramelapple@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I’ll go you one better. MacOS telling you what you can’t install.

~(Yes, I have mostly defeated it, but it’s the principle.)~

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... if any desktop computer treats you like iOS treats everyone, it's molotov time.

Or at the very least:

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I don’t disagree. My problem is that all the alternatives are worse. At least, in my opinion, and for my use case.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/ is seared in my brain at this point.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yeah, I disabled it in terminal. But I shouldn’t have to use fucking terminal for that.