Why do Mac updates cost money?
They actually used to, until like 10 years ago. This comic is from before then.
I remember going to the Apple Store and picking up Snow Leopard on a DVD. Good times.
Indirectly. Because perfectly well working hardware loses support constantly, long before you would actually need to replace it. Same planned obsolescence via artificially shortened support time frames as Android.
I assume it’ll say your device doesn’t support the new version if your computer is more than 6 months old, so you’re constantly forced to buy the newest latest model
People like to perpetuate this about Apple, but it’s really not true. I’ve had my Mac for… over ten years? It can get the most recent version of Catalina, which was updated until 2022. It’s still going strong and I use it every day.
So why did my 2011 iMac never receive anything beyond High Sierra?
(Edit: was confused about versions, don’t mind me)
Apple perpetuates this about apple. I have a 10 yr old ipad that is stuck on ios (not ipad os) 9 while unix, linux and windows manage to work on 20 yr old machine.
