Looks great. Subscription? Big ol nope.

Imagine paying a subscription for your task bar.

"Exclusive access to the reset button of you computer, $0.99/month only!"

Is this better odds than sailing across the Atlantic in the 1400-1500s?

One time cost? This should be a subscription that raises spikes when you don't pay

The Apple way for hardware is more to design the thing so it breaks under normal use very quickly, and then refuse to replace it under warranty.

My experience with Apple hardware has been it generally holds up. I've only on my third iPad since I bought the original in 2011. My iPhones have all lasted at least four years.

The screen on my Macbook Air has been the exception. I wonder why they can't just use the same display on those that they do iPad. Seems better quality, as well

I know we're trolling here, but my Apple hardware has lasted way longer than my non-Apple hardware, from watch to phone to laptop.

It still whips the llama's ass.

I've never seen it mentioned anywhere in their histories but I always suspected the messaging apps Slack and Discord were references to Church of Subgenius and Discordianism respectively

One of my favorite trees is Couroupita guianensis, known by a few other names (ayahuma, cannonball tree). When mature the trunks grow some beautiful flowers that can cover the trunk (wiki link has a few good pics). Native to South America, it's a revered tree in Amazonian plant shamanism (all parts of the plant can be used medicinally; spiritually it is one of the big ones, an entire school of its own). It made its way to India in the 1800s where it holds a lot of renown and importance now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis

Superb flowers but very dangerous to stay under the cannonball tree.

I'm reminded of the ads when logging into Ununtu in the motd...nothing infuriated me more (I only used it for a short period).

Me too, main reason I switched to Debian.

I implore you to read 17776

Step 0- don't use a browser created by an ad company

The bar is a lot lower- it was practically implied that you were already an enthusiast if it was in your awareness at that time I think.