> they just ate every other 3rd party "secure" backup services lunch just like they did to the Hi-Res music industry.
... so, they... didn't? Plenty of those services, including Tidal, probably the most prominent one, still exist.
> seriously, anyone at this point advocating for any other phone/os/service out there besides apple is really going out of their way to swim up river.
This is the top comment in this thread right now, and I'm guessing it's because the readers of Hacker News value satire. If Apple's ecosystem is so bewilderingly excellent that nobody in their right mind would choose anything else, why did Apple start offering a bunch of their services, like Apple Music and Apple TV, on other hardware ecosystems?
... so, they... didn't? Plenty of those services, including Tidal, probably the most prominent one, still exist.
> seriously, anyone at this point advocating for any other phone/os/service out there besides apple is really going out of their way to swim up river.
This is the top comment in this thread right now, and I'm guessing it's because the readers of Hacker News value satire. If Apple's ecosystem is so bewilderingly excellent that nobody in their right mind would choose anything else, why did Apple start offering a bunch of their services, like Apple Music and Apple TV, on other hardware ecosystems?