macOS has had free upgrades since OS X Mavericks in 2013. Yea we can squirrel around the specificity of this (e.g. is it really free if you have to pay $99 to update Parallels?) but in pragmatic terms the actual OS has largely been free for consumer use.
I generally get the idea being communicated, but its content is so out of date at this point.
All cool on GNU/Linux until the latest kernel breaks something or the driver package that you have installed drops support for your GPU because fuck you.
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Laxaria@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
macOS has had free upgrades since OS X Mavericks in 2013. Yea we can squirrel around the specificity of this (e.g. is it really free if you have to pay $99 to update Parallels?) but in pragmatic terms the actual OS has largely been free for consumer use.
I generally get the idea being communicated, but its content is so out of date at this point.
10-volt@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Shhhhhh don't say that, apple bad!
riodoro1@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Is Linux really free if you have to pay for that data recovery suite some people use?
TAG@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
It is totally wrong, OSX also forces you to restart after every update.
manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech · 1 pts · 3y
about 1/3 of my ubuntu updates do as well. I could individually restart the 11 services it failed to stop and start while updating....or i can reboot.
XEAL@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
All cool on GNU/Linux until the latest kernel breaks something or the driver package that you have installed drops support for your GPU because fuck you.