If you buy a mac, you just prepaid the subscription fee in the hardware price. Then they hook you into an environment where you have to pay it for every new device.
I’d argue buying a PC you have to opt in to subscriptions, buying a Mac you can’t opt out.
iCloud for sure basically ropes you into a subscription if you want to do the backups with them as the free-tier is basically peanuts for space, but outside that (unless that’s what you mean) I don’t think they have any subscriptions that are really opt-out?
I absolutely agree they get you roped into the ecosystem though, the hardware cohesion makes it difficult to purchase outside of their line.
Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.
If you buy a mac, you just prepaid the subscription fee in the hardware price. Then they hook you into an environment where you have to pay it for every new device.
I’d argue buying a PC you have to opt in to subscriptions, buying a Mac you can’t opt out.
iCloud for sure basically ropes you into a subscription if you want to do the backups with them as the free-tier is basically peanuts for space, but outside that (unless that’s what you mean) I don’t think they have any subscriptions that are really opt-out?
I absolutely agree they get you roped into the ecosystem though, the hardware cohesion makes it difficult to purchase outside of their line.