This is all very bad timing. Given that I can use AI to create completely alternative software stacks, it is the wrong time for proprietary software providers to start pissing off and exploiting all their users.

I could make a full macOS clone. I could fix all the little warts that bother me and break out of the walled garden where I want to. Then I can port it to whatever hardware I like.

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phoghed an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> Given that I can use AI to create completely alternative software stacks

No you can't. Someone can certainly burn a gorillion tokens to make a 3rd rate clone of Adobe suite that get's posted to HN as pre-alpha that fuels 1000 comments like this though.

	▲	alt227 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That is what people can do right now, what will they be doing in 5-10 years.

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alt227 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder how long will it be until people use ai to start reverse engineering all Apples APIs and protocols so that they can make 3rd party open source apps which can use the fruity ecosystem from outside the wall.

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lenerdenator 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I could make a full macOS clone. I could fix all the little warts that bother me and break out of the walled garden where I want to. Then I can port it to whatever hardware I like.

You could.

You very, very, very likely will not.

They know this and act accordingly.

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thejazzman an hour ago | parent [-]

Linux + thousands of developers with AI agents is going to show otherwise this next decade. I think. I hope?

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f6v an hour ago | parent [-]

Linux has millions of man-hours worth of code. Did it help Linux become a mainstream consumer platform?

	▲	alt227 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		However it did help Linux power approximately 70% of servers in the entire world.

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f6v an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I could make a full macOS clone

With like a million bucks worth of tokens? Sure.

> Then I can port it to whatever hardware I like.

I think you're missing a point here.

	▲	blackoil 42 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That is cheap, that will be one or two senior engineers one year cost in Cupertino.
	▲	alt227 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Thing is, only one person has to spend those tokens once then the world gets its clone.