• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Every 10.x version of OS X cost money up through 10.6, just like how every version of Windows has cost money unless you use one of the keygens Microsoft doesn’t care about.

        • Twipped@l.twipped.social
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          2 months ago

          7.1 was the first MacOS that apple charged for, nominally to cover the cost of the CDs. 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6 all cost $29, but you could get free installers from many of the Mac magazines.

          8.0, 8.5 and 9.0 were $99

          10.0 was $129

          10.1 was free, but a lot of stores charged a handling fee. I remember picking up my copy from CompUSA for ten cents.

          10.2 - 10.5 were $130 upgrades, but there were numerous ways to get it for free. I don’t think I ever actually paid for any of them.

          10.6 and 10.7 were both $30

          10.8 was $20

          10.9 and later were all free

      • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
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        2 months ago

        I have a vague memory of spending $30 for an upgrade to MacOS more than a decade ago. Then Apple stopped charging for them. So, this comic is pretty off base, but people love to bitch, so what can you do.

        • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, the last time they charged was Snow Leopard in 2009. Everything has all been free since. Snow Leopard was really a dream to use, though. If paying $30 would get us back to that kind of luxury, I would gladly pay for the privilege.

      • gianni@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        No, major OS releases used to cost money for a license. The same way a Windows 11 license costs money. Apple stopped charging for OS releases but Microsoft still does.

          • moseschrute@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            I know this is a joke. Apple is bad for some reasons and good for others. I think there are technologies where the bad clearly outweighs the good (e.g. anything Facebook/Meta). I don’t think Apple is as clear cut. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put serious pressure (government regulation?) on them for the bad things. IMO Lemmy lacks the nuance for things that aren’t clear cut.

            Here’s an example. Apple laptops are insanely well built +1 points. Apple silicon delivers incredible battery life and performance, and has pushed ARM into the mainstream +1. Apple locks down software and hardware too much -1. Apples labor practices -1. I would love to see better Linux support for Apple silicon (I think it’s exists, but idk how well it works).

            • Venat0r@lemmy.world
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              1 month ago

              I would love to see better Linux support for Apple silicon (I think it’s exists, but idk how well it works).

              There’s not much demand for that as it’s generally a tad more expensive than similar hardware from other manufacturers, so usually makes more sense to get more open hardware for using with Linux.

              • moseschrute@lemmy.world
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                1 month ago

                I feel like I’m this weird combination where I love the design of their products - are there other aluminum laptops that are as sleek as Apple? But on the other hand, I also think something modular like framework would be sick. I guess that’s the issue is you can’t have the sleek fully aluminum design and have it be modular/repairable. But I will say this, my M2 Max MacBook Pro has been a beast for 2 years, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

    • AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      That’s because Apple hasn’t charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9

      Edit: I also don’t think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it’s not like they didn’t have any overhead they had to pay for

      • dymmu@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        Could you name a few pls. There used to be bounties with something called gitcoin that I thought was really promising, not sure what happened to that (last I checked they’re squatted by hackathoners)

        • squaresinger@lemmy.world
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          21 days ago

          Most FOSS projects have a way to donate money, for example. But hardly anyone donates because they use FOSS because it’s free as in free beer.