> Tell your downloader (in my case qbittorrent) to not download .exe, .scr, .zip, etc, etc, etc.

This is literally one of the advice points at the end of the article. Did you get that far?

As other people have said, if this was Microsoft trying to sell you a onedrive subscription would you feel the same?

> I'm sure LG pays Apple for this "partnership", not the other way around.

Depends if Apple wants their shiny OLED panels, LG are a leader in manufacturing them.

The last time I checked Apple didnt manufacture panels, or have an international banking and credit system. There fore it needs its 'partners' as much as they do.

That's different. A supplier is not a partner.

I mean their customer-facing partnerships. For example, they do not need to (and don't) advertise that their displays are made by LG. The partnership with HomeView is very public and involves LG branded products.

Is it skippable?

For now.

Yes.

Upselling your own paid customers is cheap. You already took their money, make them feel valued not like you just want to squeeze them for more.

Thing is, only one person has to spend those tokens once then the world gets its clone.

However it did help Linux power approximately 70% of servers in the entire world.

Yeah well it has nothing to do with the argument. Consumer Linux not being mainstream isn’t not due to lack of trying.

Servers running Linux are not desktop computers in direct competition with macOS. They cannot be configured as macOS clones.

Come to think of it, the only people who I know of who use Linux as a desktop OS are people in the technical fields: my college CS professors, InfoSec friends, etc. None are just the average person, technically-speaking.

Why are you going on about linux on the desktop? This thread is about people being able to vibe code a MacOS clone, and judging by the speed at which things are progressing Im guessing that one day they will successfully be able to do that.

Just the other day someone got modern Nvidia cards running on hackintos!

That is what people can do right now, what will they be doing in 5-10 years.

> Why can't I pay an extra $1/month to turn them off completely.

Becasue they are making much more than $1 per month on selling targetted ads using your highly personalised and accurate ad profile.

They're not targeted. I actually searched around the app settings looking for an option to enable targeted ads. If I'm forced to see ads, I'd much rather see ads for things I might actually care about.

Yes they are, here you go:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf60a6a256/io...

Cool thanks. I enabled personalized ads. I'll disable again if quality doesn't improve.

Apple, I'd much prefer to just pay to have no ads.

Just before they release their first smart home device with a screen.

I wonder whats coming?

Prominent screen in the kitchen used as recipe stand showing ingredients etc.? The possibilities are endless, and I think we're going to love it.

The possibilities certainly are endless. Every recipe you view has potential to sell you the ingredients, or the chefs latest cookbook, or maybe even full meal subscriptions like SimplyCook or HelloFresh if it detects you might not like cooking or be very good at it. Who knows what else you might look up on it which could be enhanced by selling you an extra service or two.

Yes, we will own nothing and we will be happy

Yeah someone made that point visually in the comments there too, quite aptly.