We've had DRM hell, lots of proprietary crap (media formats/interfaces/software), impossible to get parts for most machines after a year (I've repaired a lot of Sony kit), poor support, stuff that doesn't actually work properly ever, screwing of Linux PS users, massive leaks of data, shoddy engineering at best, predatory behaviour as a media publisher and possibly the worst user interfaces of any devices ever.
Why? Apple doesn't DRM any of the music on iTunes. It must DRM the video, just like all other video services because it's mandated by the copyright holders (like Sony). Parts for Apple computers going back many years are readily available (I recently replaced a video card on a 6 year old Mac myself); their support is rated above all other computer manufacturers by people who actually have used it; their computers, phones and tablets work as advertised. Care to explain what you actually mean?
Linux is easily the most used OS for servers. Linux has been at the top for awhile, just because the consumer doesn't run the OS natively doesn't mean that they are not using Linux machine. I disagree that google "propelled" linux to the top.
Perhaps it negates the reason you use Linux, but there are plenty of reasons to use it that have nothing to do with Free Software. It's a tried and true OS with tens of thousands of eyes on its source code, it has a massive community supporting it, and it's free as in beer. Getting a very good OS for free is reason enough to use it for many people, even if they don't have complete control over it out of the box.
Linus Torvalds feels pretty strongly about GPLv2 as compared to GPLv3.
The fact that he prefers GPLv2 is a pretty strong counter-argument: GPLv2 allows the ODM/OEM to implement a linux soltuion. The end user has no guarantee of crypto keys, software, or hardware that enables "root" access.
Except for the fact that sudo is already built into your system. What?
Rooting most likely voids your warranty and is definitely nontrivial to non-technical people. I have rooted my phone and installed cyanogenmod before and I wouldn't call it easy. I can't imagine average people going through that process voluntarily or without screwing it up. Yeah, to people like us it might not be that bad, but to your every day user it just doesn't make any sense to do.
That's a horrible analogy, sorry.
I have to agree with some other commenters here that Google using Linux as a base for android and chromeOS doesn't do much for the Linux community (not nothing, though). It really doesn't matter what kernel they are using. It's all the stuff that's build on top which matters... maybe there's something to calling it "GNU/Linux" after all - just so we could avoid misleading and misinformed commentary like this blog post.
I had to install sudo. If somebody else installed it, told me when I could use it, and threatened me legally when I disobeyed or helped others disobey, sudo would be a problem.
The fuck? Running apps as root (or other high privileges) happens all the time on desktop linux. Does that negate "the meaning" of Linux.
Are you actually complaining about how manufacturers often have locked boot loaders and you need to jump through hoops to get to an OS you like? That's not an issue with the OS.
