Rolling Resistance

Very tired of reading what Musk says.

Probably because it’s hosted on a Windows machine.

As a former Windows user: this is true, you can disable most of the features you don’t like. I was doing that for many Windows versions, from 98 to 10.

However it was indeed fighting an uphill battle: there was more and more BS with every update, I felt that I couldn’t trust my computer, I had to check forums in order to know what’s the newest thing to turn off.

I am happier now without Windows, even though I had to learn a few new apps.

I’ve rented my whole adult life, and I don’t mind it. There are downsides, but owning has them too.

And I never got depressed because of renting.

Right until the reference breaks. Ask me how I know.

We just don’t know if it attracts them.

And it seems like the situation in Russia is similar: Apple is the 4th most popular brand (2023, link).

Source?

Apple domintaing in … Europe

Even your map doesn’t support this claim.

Belarus is marked as a country where Apple dominates, even though this is not true: Redmi (Xiaomi) and Samsung phones are more popular there (link)

Adding capacity. Fossil fuel usage is still growing.