Apple are hostile to everything CopyLeft.
replyWhy would they "chip in" here?
Well, they will get more people buying MacBooks, though they won't really use their services.
replyWhat makes Apple valuable is precisely its full vertical integration. Nobody else does it at that scale except maybe Sony for consoles and Microsoft but both don't have the same usage coverage and thus integration.
replyIt wouldn't be economically rational for Apple to bring down its own moat.
Apple isn't Sony. They make an arm and a leg on their hardware.
replyWhen they switched to x86, it didn't take long for them to release Boot Camp, so they could take Windows users' money, too.
They also make an arm and a leg on services, which is why its not in their interest to make it so you cant use them.
replyIt's not like users will just stop using the services. Rather Linux users will start considering MacBook as a potential laptop to buy.
replyHow could that possibly disrupt their Software/Services infra?
Of course they will. Why would you pay for icloud storage you cant use?
replyThat statement is true for the users that both bought and didn't buy a Macbook (with Linux support). The difference is, the one who bought has paid money for the Macbook.
replyI am not an Apple user. Do you _have_ to pay for iCloud if you buy the laptop? I don't think so.
People whom want Linux on Macs obviously already don't want to be put into Apple's ecosystem.
replyFolks are much better supporting Linux and BSD OEMs than buying Apple than then trying to run Linux on their devices.
replyThey don't care about people buying MacBooks. They want you in their ecosystem buying i-everything.
replyI do wonder if the margin on Mac isn’t that high vs the price and the services (iCloud etc) make up for that.
replyAmazon do the same with the fire.
Surely this is missing "/s"
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