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Stephen Downes

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As Doug Belshaw says on Mastodon, "Proprietary software is what proprietary vendors do." In this case, that the proprietary vendors do is write an application that presents people from repairing their MacBooks. " The new system will render the computer "inoperative" unless a proprietary Apple "system configuration" software is run after parts of the system are replaced." Yet another reason for me to stay far far away from Apple products.

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