The problem is that people who work on some specific fields (music, cinema, graphics) have almost no choice when choosing OS and computer.
Most of them won't even care about sending too much data to a company if that's the price to have the same device everyone else is using in their industry...
I have a G4 I bought for use as a DAW. It still has OS9; I never installed OSX as I knew it would probably slow things down. I never needed to connect the Mac to the internet. If I needed to send/receive files via internet I moved them via crossover cable to a laptop or PC that was connected to the internet.
People today, even more so than in the 2000's, have multiple computers. Would it still be feasible to have a Mac used for {music, cinema, graphics} that is not connected to the internet. Certainly one would have other computers that were connected to the internet and moving files between computers on the local network, preferably via Ethernet, is much faster.
But the point of me telling personal stories is not to suggest anyone could/should do the same things; on the contrary, it is to illustrate that "one size does not fit all". Today's Apple chooses for the user, rather than letting the user choose.
> The problem is that people who work on some specific fields (music, cinema, graphics) have almost no choice when choosing OS and computer.
Came here to say that.
> Most of them won't even care about sending too much data to a company if that's the price to have the same device everyone else is using in their industry...
I do, I truly do care. So much that I'm looking at open-source/Linux options, at least for my home projects. Doesn't look very bright on the video side, but DaVinci Resolve is at least available for Linux. Rawtherapee is getting there with local adjustments as we speak. Darktable has lots of power but terrible UX.
Most of them won't even care about sending too much data to a company if that's the price to have the same device everyone else is using in their industry...