Who knows, with inflation the way it is, maybe it’ll be $200M for a Big Mac by the time he retires. ;)

Dude doesn’t sound like the kind of guy who has $200 million. Or could ever earn it in a lifetime.

Monterey still gets security updates. :)

Really? I just handed down a 2017 MacBook Pro – still supported by Apple, meaning it runs the latest OS, and gets patches.

Can you give me an example of any other device with longer software support from the original vendor, at no cost to the end user?

It still exists? Weird. I played with it for like, a weekend, and that was plenty.

The best part about this is that the more they do this, the more it costs them. Every action, especially disk transactions, cost them money. Just log in every day, run your deletion utility, and cost them a couple bucks more for being pricks about it.

This is why I prefer cloud services outside US jurisdiction, and refuse to use anything based in the USA - like iCloud. National Security Letters are a thing, and even massive companies like Apple can’t fight them.

And FYI, the info about Signal was confirmed as they received a subpoena a couple years back, and their response was part of the public court records.