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> If you make more than that, it’s foolish not to use Apple products. Your time is too valuable to cheap out on less productive equipment.

I find that I'm far more productive with Linux, StumpWM, emacs and a modern userland than I am with macOS, Finder, either Cocoa emacs or another Mac editor and an ancient set of BSD tools. I find that I'm more productive running Termux on my Android phone & tablets than … running nothing at all on an iPhone (unless something has changed recently).

Moreover, with open source software I have freedom, and that's worth far more to me than my hourly rate.



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