and the dumb kids, unfortunately. I did a spot with some non-US teenagers, in a class recently. The topic was “name a person you admire and why”. Guess whose filthy name came up…

Because these mutherfuckers don’t get seats on the hype train, they buy the entire carriage.

Correct. But the built-in advertising, tracking, spam and nerfed functionality is awful, too.

Similarly to you, I hate some of the bullshit moves that Apple pull. But I installed windows in a VM, just to get an idea of where it’s at these days, and Jesus fucking christ, it’s abysmal.

There’s just no way I could justify switching to that.

idk about you, but when I think of my X, I think of a toxic place filled with hate, that I never want to go to or hear about again. Branding on point.