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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 21:58:51 JST Aral Balkan

   • Badly-read literary snob

   “Apple is only continuing to patch iOS 18 on devices that can’t run iOS 26.”

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/are-people-avoiding-ios-26-because-of-liquid-glass-its-complicated/

   Wow. So not only has Apple lost any design culture it had, it also doesn’t give a shit about your security either any longer. This is the mother of all dark patterns right here.

   Anyone know if this is the same for macOS?

   Via @RosaCtrl

   #apple #iOS26 #iOS18 #iOS #securityUpdates #macOS #liquidAss #darkPatterns

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 01:11:44 JST Aral Balkan

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     • niccolo

     @niccolo Ah, my primary dev machine was running Linux for five years but this was the final straw that made me go back: https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/

     🤷♂️

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     niccolo (niccolo@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 01:11:45 JST niccolo

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     @aral been following you for years and this is the first time I see you "on the verge" of ditching macOS.

     So my question is: do you think Linux is ready to take "us" on? And if it is, would you go mac running Linux, or would you ditch Apple entirely?

     I recently started running Fedora on a 2019 MacBook Air to see if abandoning macOS is feasible. Haven't tested enough to have an opinion yet.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 19-Jan-2026 23:57:12 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Rosa Control
     • Angie Taylor

     @angietaylor @RosaCtrl Have you heard of Asashi Linux? I’m hearing good things about it on Macs.

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     Angie Taylor (angietaylor@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Jan-2026 23:57:13 JST Angie Taylor

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     • Rosa Control

     @aral @RosaCtrl Yup. I’m planning on installing UBUNTU on my old Mac. Looking at e-OS for phone/tablet and either Mailbox.org or Tutamail for mail/Calendars etc