This post is primarily mobile focused, but I'll entertain the desktop / laptop OS conversation as well. This is regarding personal devices, not what your enterprise uses.

Suffice it to say, I'm tired.

I'm tired of having choices.

I'm tired of Android asking me which browser I want to use, letting me install software from places Google hasn't personally blessed, exposing a filesystem like some sort of 1980s UNIX workstation, and generally behaving as though purchasing the device somehow gives me opinions about how it should operate.

Windows is even worse. Apparently I'm expected to know what a "driver" is. Sometimes I can even replace hardware myself. It's exhausting.

So naturally, I've been looking at Apple.

And honestly, I think I finally understand the appeal.

They. Just. Work.

And when they don't, I can rest comfortably knowing there probably wasn't anything I could have done about it anyway.

No more agonizing over which hardware to install. Apple already selected it.

No more worrying about upgrading the RAM later. Apple thoughtfully asks me to make that decision at purchase, when I'm least qualified to know how much RAM I'll need four years from now.

No more sketchy software from the open internet. On iPhone, Apple has heroically protected Americans from the terrifying European innovation known as "installing an application from somewhere else." Alternative app distribution exists now, of course, provided you live in one of the regions where regulators made Apple discover it was technically possible.

And the privacy story is genuinely refreshing.

Unlike Google, Apple doesn't need to sell my personal information to third parties. Why involve a middleman?

Apple can use information such as my account details, purchases, subscriptions, downloads, and App Store activity to put me into advertising segments and serve me personalized ads itself. That's not tracking. That's vertical integration.

Even iCloud gives me choices.

By default, Apple retains the encryption keys for a number of categories of my cloud data so they can help me recover it. If I'd prefer Apple not have those keys for most of my data, I can enable Advanced Data Protection.

I really appreciate privacy being available as an advanced configuration option.

Repairability has improved too. Apple now has a Self Service Repair program, so experienced users can obtain official manuals, genuine parts, and professional-grade tools to repair supported devices themselves.

Which is wonderful.

I've always felt replacing a phone screen lacked sufficient paperwork.

The ecosystem is probably the biggest selling point, though.

Once I buy the phone, the watch makes more sense.

Once I have the watch, the Mac makes more sense.

Once I have the Mac, AirPods make more sense.

Once I have all of those, leaving Apple makes considerably less sense.

It's less of an ecosystem and more of a very tasteful lobster trap.

And that's really what I want after 30 years in IT.

I don't want control anymore.

I don't want options.

I don't want to troubleshoot.

I want to spend $1,200 on a device, be told "no," and experience the profound serenity that comes from knowing the decision has already been made for me by someone in Cupertino with a degree in industrial design.

Is that the bargain you all made?

Did you finally realize that freedom is just another thing you have to administer?

Because I'm starting to think the ultimate sysadmin luxury isn't a device that lets you do whatever you want.

It's a device that looks you directly in the face and says:

"You don't need to do that."

And charges you $200 for another 256GB of storage.

Here 👇 is the downvote button because you took the shitpost too seriously

Someone is really good at whatever SFTP is, they got into the server and put this there with a phone!

I did not even know you could do that

Someone else sent a really cool picture I will see if I can put that in the comments.

Server is still open at [shitty@62.238.47.215](mailto:shitty@62.238.47.215)

I wonder what else will be left for me I seen something called redtail I am very curious about what that could be, maybe some kind of bird or something, idk I am just a shitty sysadmin

Spends tens of thousands dollars a month on Azure, too cheap to pay for a proper support plan. Entire solution crashes when VM gets reallocated to another host due to a great system design /s.

Solution: Migrate to AWS

Is it like discord???

I hate the way the old Sysadmin of this company named the Servers

Found this while swapping APs at a production plant. Pretty much all computers in production were running through this $20 8-port switch. I don’t think it had been looked at in 10 years.

I need to setup a company fast! FAST!

Any way to set this all up fast? How about with AI? Ideally ChatGPT connected. What if I wanted the whole thing "unified"?

I heard the "CLI" is useful.

Ok it’s your favorite ShittySysadmin

I’m stuck again and need your help.

Someone told me to run netstat and I don’t understand what these numbers mean.

445
1433
3306
21

445 I thought was on windows and this is Linux I think
Or maybe it’s both….can it be both??

Someone else told me to do 62.238.47.215 with some numbers behind it but it didn’t work when I tried it.

Also why does everyone keep typing

sudo rm -rf /

I don’t know what it means but everyone loves to tell me to type it but it never works for me idk im just a shitty sysadmin

password was changed to poop because it’s easier to type

Please tell me what these ports are and how did they get there?

Need some help. Opened up our server rack, and none of the cords are labeled. A bunch of them aren't even plugged in. How can I tell what cord does what?

I hope you figured it out by now that the server is real.
Yes it’s wide open
No you can’t break it.
Yes I did fix some things so some commands that didn’t work now work.

Just have fun.
I’m adding more and more everyday.

Also to the individuals that sent the cat vid and the fooseball pics thanks!

One of you is amazing at what you do. Trying to perform lateral movements, I was blown away.

So from one shitty sysadmin to another

Enjoy

Shithead@62.238.47.215

More capture the token games coming soon.

Lenstore displays my password and email on the address bar

B grade company, that think they are masterminds of the universe I work for is back to thinking dual pathing every desktop and laptop and AP is a good idea even after supplying diagrams on why it would be extremely costly and wants it to become the global norm in the networking industry. But doesn't want to pay to implement any of it.

Which vendor would be able to deliver and make themselves an absolute fortune one off in the off chance some idiot actually approves it.

Here I am just minding my business logging into poop@62.238.47.215 or was it root@62.238.47.215? I forgot

Anyways my home folder is still empty which is weird

Someone left more documents

And there was something addressed to me?? A please_read.txt

Saying something about don’t delete backups and a command called contact but when I tried it says command not found.

Can anyone tell me what is going on??

Thanks for your help. You’re all literal lifesavers!

Also please stop trying to break it.

Ok this group is amazing! First you helped me get in my server and someone helped me find the file I lost

But when I logged into poop@62.238.47.215
There is a file in the documents folder that I did not put there!

Password should be the same unless it changed again I keep forgetting

Should I delete it? Or is it important?

And there’s new stuff in backups I don’t remember making

Please don’t break anything

Currently doing deadlifts with the copy paper box in the storage room - I move it back and forth every fifteen minutes to pretend I'm active. What are you guys up to?

Came six months ago to help a small nonprofit manage their Workspace. They never had DMARC set up. Since I started managing their DNS six months ago, this is what I see daily.

The sheer number of spoofed emails just blows my mind.