Nope. And repeating this point of view doesn’t make it more appropriate. They most probably do not want some of us to self host certain services as everything should be iclouded in their eyes.
Different subject, ain’t it?
I fear this is exactly their idea. In a way iOS and macOS are becoming what a certain Larry Ellison always wanted from Steve.
This also makes me wonder how long users will have access to the console. Will Apple now work to block users from the underpinnings that macOS runs on? I was surprised how much of the levers in the Mach kernel were there but not working. Granted I was trying to do things in a limited task, but it was interesting how ineffective it was, and how, when I called Apple, was told by an engineer that 'not many people that know how and why that works are still here'.Sad...
A brain drain has happened at Apple over the decades. Maybe this is just an admission that they don't support their heritage any longer, the 'software behind the curtain'. *shrug*
The hit on the hardware side might have already happened as it does not seem to trouble them at all to confront their customers with solutions those never wanted (like the Mac Pro). Apart from Apple I never saw such a behavior anywhere else having success. Apple most certainly is a company shifting away from its past to something less complicated and more profitable for its administrators and investors and something less useful and affordable for its traditional users. They finance this with products for the mass market (like the iPhone) so that the impact is not immediate or even totally invisible.
Still false as I already mentioned several times. But explicitly again and personally for you:coolfactor said:
Sigh. Apple Push Notifications (APN) as mentioned above and as already mentioned by me here.
