Oprah’s strength of character gave us dr oz and dr Phil. She’s a con artist not a hero.

I mean… He does. Hes a huge bully.

Cool, maybe don’t ruin a perfectly good thread though.

I mean apple has spent at least the last decade using iMessage as a way to bring people into the platform and keep them there. Ie the articles from a few years back about using it to manipulate teenager behavior a la Instagram, or the epic games discovery documents which indicated this was a deliberate and cruel strategy from apple to lock ignorant people into their platform to avoid losing their social network.

Tldr: they deliberately try to make people lose friends if they leave the platform. You might say “shit friends” and I’d agree, but this is the FUD that apple spreads.

I think you overestimate the value of those first two years.

Your definition of freedom is an interesting one

Yep

Welcome to the future