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0 pointsperryizgr82y ago0 comments

Yeah, it's not. That's why I said it is "like" complaining about shipping safari as default. Because it is not exactly the same thing, but comparable.

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yathaid2y ago

No it isn't. Its like you ordering sushi and the restaurant gives you shoes because they know better.

FireBeyond2y ago

You mean like how the first time you use Chrome on macOS (which you obviously had to manually install), it checks with you to see if you'd really rather just use Safari instead (and Safari is the default answer, not Chrome)?

jay_kyburz2y ago

More like, they bring the sushi, but also a pair of shoes. And when you throw the shoes on the floor because they are not what you ordered, they come back over and put them back on the table.

On iOS they only sell shoes, you don't go there if you want sushi. (and too bad if you find yourself locked into the apple ecosystem / restaurant, because shoes is all they have.)

BizarroLand2y ago

Well, and when you use chopsticks to pick up the sushi and put it in your mouth, they come over, slap the sushi off your chopsticks, slap the shoes onto your chopsticks and stand there, patiently watching and waiting for you to start chewing.

And so you bring your own chopsticks so they won't be allowed to touch them, since they're not the chopsticks that the store provides, and they tape your hands to the table and try to force-feed you the shoes with their chopsticks, so you have to unstick your hands from the table, re-grab your own chopsticks, and fend your waiter off with one hand so you can pick up the sushi you want and eat it.

Only, the store is in your house. It's at your job, it's everywhere you go to eat and you can only get away from it by locking your access to chopsticks away in your own home. (Running linux on a personal computer and not having easy access to a lot of convenient software)

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