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> It's very weird to be in love with and scared of the same thing: Apple.

Sound like an abusive relationship, and like what an abused partner would say to try to rationalize the fact that they're economically dependent on the abuser.



While I try not to use that phrase publicly (because I know it will offend some people who see it as exaggeration), thinking of an Apple developer/customer as being in an abusive relationship is exactly what convinced me to get out & stop using/developing for Apple platforms. It took me a few years to see it, and nudges from friends ("Why do you put up with them treating you like that?") but it was a very useful perspective on Apple for me.


I also read "abuse" in this quote.


I think this is called Stockholm syndrome[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome




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