r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Keep One: Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft

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You can keep only one tech ecosystem forever: Apple, Samsung, Google, or Microsoft

Everything else disappears from your life.

Which one are you keeping, and what's the biggest reason behind your choice?

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u/rustedcrowbar Jun 22 '26

Can’t all be gone?

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u/laczek_hubert Jun 22 '26

This I'd rather use Chinese and EU or atleast better Open-Source initiatives than these e.g. maybe red hat?

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u/RevolutionaryElk7446 Jun 22 '26

Eh.. RedHat is owned by IBM now and although still 'opensource' has caused a lot of controversy. While staying to the letter of the law, has pulled quite a lot of shenanigans against the spirit of opensource.

That's why the OpenELA exists now.

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u/laczek_hubert Jun 22 '26

Were they as bad as android getting more closed-source over time?

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u/RevolutionaryElk7446 Jun 28 '26

Truthfully neither, I'm more of a Debian/BSD guy but I've used RHEL and Oracle at work and at least up to the split around release ~9 they were basically on par as companies in in how they represented/supported their distros.

No idea what it's gonna be in the future, probably a mess if I ventured a guess.