Updates

Would be funny if it was true...but you never pay for OS updates on Mac.

So, what? We're just straight up making shit up about Mac now when trashing it on Lemmy?

Its literally been over a decade since the last time Apple charged for an OS update

Time to update the meme.

windows: oh no, I was in a meeting!
mac: oh no, I need a new mac for this to work!
Linux: I'm afraid to install this, my graphics will probably break again!

There are high-schoolers alive today (maybe even in this thread) who were born after Apple stopped charging for updates. Maybe it's time to get some new jokes.

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This meme is from an older time when all of this was true.

For all the people here commenting here about macOS updates being free forever, I guess they haven’t really used the OS long enough.

https://www.wired.com/2013/10/apple-ends-paid-oses/

Should the meme be updated before it is eventually reposted? Yes. But should it misinform people? No.

Windows: It's stuck again. Will force-reboot corrupt my system?
Rolling-release distro: Cool! New features. ...5 programs just stopped working all together.
Point-release distro: Let's see... under the hood improvements.
Gentoo: I don't have time for this.
LFS: I never planned to try updating it anyway.

This comic is from a long time ago....

Regardless, I'll accept it.

Sweet I updated and broke my package manager and the system python. I guess I'll just reimage and start over.

:shrugs:

If you use all three long enough, you have the middle reaction to updates for all three.

Free software as in freedom of speech, not necessarily as in free beer. Maintainers also need to pay the bills.

I don't think I've ever sat there and thought "cool free stuff" when updating. More so annoyed as it reminds me that our systems at work should probably get updated.

Sweet I updated and gained more storage space!

Mac user: I’ve never once paid for a system update and am wildly confused by this meme.

And hardware support continues for so long I’ve never had a machine be unable to run a new OS before I already needed a new machine (I used my ‘08 MacBook Pro for a solid 10 years no problem).

I feel like some of y’all have never used an Apple machine before.

I get the general point. Apple apps are more often paid and at a higher price generally. But Mac OS has been free forever. And when they did charge it was waaaaay cheaper than Windows

Enterprise Linux: "we updated last night. We'll probably reboot this weekend. No cause for alarm."

Semi-related but I remember the ancient days when the original iPod touch (not iPhone though) initially had paid OS upgrades - not too crazy for back then when the firmware was often done when the device shipped save for maybe a small patch or three. But there were also larger updates too but not too common.

And then I remember Steve getting up on stage proclaiming that Apple “has found a way!” to make it free.

Debian Users: "It better fuckin not be"

It's kinda the opposite on Mac and Windows. macOS updates have actually been free for a long time whereas Microsoft technically still charges for updates

As much as I hate Mac from the few times I used it for work and helping my wife I never remember paying for an update.

Also it may not be much but windows does get extra features in the yearly feature update. Recent updates brought built in winrar and the last one let you have tabs in notepad.

You have to add Android now! I’d go with something like “cool, time for a new phone!”

In my setup I was partially upgraded to GNOME 45 before I can upgrade to Fedora 39 thanks to Flatpak

I'm getting a bit tired of seeing this meme get reposted over and over and over and over again.

Macs/MacOS has enough problems, no reason to make anything up

I miss when new macOS releases were actually paid and came with actually useful features that worked on pretty much every Macintosh they ran on for the most part.

general reposti, you are an ancient one

I have worked around windows updates enough to make them not be a pain in the ass for me.

But in the last year I have been using Linux more, mostly Fedora and Mint. It is honestly embarrassing how much easier, more lightweight, and more streamlined the updates feel compared with Windows. It’s especially amusing when it’s like “hey we updated your fucking kernel so please do a reboot as soon as you feel like it. Please.”

As a Linux / Windows and Mac user this tired and inaccurate

Especially after Microsoft Updates kept bricking my computer during updates, but wouldnt stop trying to force them, even though every attempt to do so failed FOR THE LAST HALF YEAR. And the only way I could make the update fuck off from attempting to retry waz to turn on and off my computer until it gave up

And $99! is referring to $9.3x10^155 here...

This meme is so out of touch when it comes to macOS.

Okay, to everyone who requires beta blockers after reading that joke: yes, you do not literally pay for updates on Mac. The joke is about the mindset of users. The overly enthusiastic Linux User stereotype (wow! Update! Much new, such awesome!), the Windows user who has just given up stereotype (oh no, not again!) And the Mac user stereotype who is just as enthusiastic as the Linux guy but isnised.to apple charging them money. It is not a "anti Mac circle jerk", it's a joke about mindset for crying out loud.

Delusional unhinged corporate hate.