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This reminds me of an old George Carlin trope:

How many big oil companies are out there: Three. Big banks: Three, four. Presidential candidates: Hillary or "The Donald". Visa or Mastercard. Red or Blue.

But: 32 ice cream flavors! 50 different types of noodles!! 250 varieties of sneakers!!!

Everything important is laid out for you.

Everything unimportant: endless, meaningless choices.

(I miss him so much. What would I give to see what he'd do with the material a Donald presidency would hand him?!)

I for one am happy with Apple. But still, it would be nice to have another good player out there. You wouldn't even need to be visionary. Just not-creepy would be nice already!



Not-creepy would be a good start. :)

I am happy "enough" with OSX and Windows, in that they are sufficient for my needs. Maybe a 7/10 or 8/10. I am looking forward to that 10/10 experience. A perfect, painless experience. A system that does not cripple its ambitions with backwards compatibility, but rather boldly attempts to lead a new path. Is it even possible? I don't know. :)




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