I get the appeal but I disagree

The strength of open source software is collaboration. That many people have tried it, read it, submitted fixes and had those fixes reviewed and accepted.

We've all seen LLMs spit out garbage bugs on the first few tries. I've written garbage bugs on my first try too. We all benefit from the review process.

I would rather have a battle tested base to start customizing from than having to stumble through the pitfalls of a buggy or insecure AI implementation.

Modern MacBooks DO run Linux

Check out https://asahilinux.org/

"Trump says" is not the same as "US will"

Trump says a ton of things that he never ends up doing.

This is exactly how us taxes should work. The IRS already has all the information it needs - it should fill out the form, give you a chance to double check, and then you're done.

Sigh...

Apple makes, what, $1 billion (with a B) in profit every day.

So this is nothing to them.