The perfect encapsulation of where Silicon Valley has been taking us for years.
Let this radicalize you into picking up a paintbrush or a guitar. As much as I work digitally, there's SO much satisfaction in the physical act of creation — in all its roughness and mess.
Apple and every other tech capitalist are desperate to lock you into endless subscriptions, dongles, and yearly upgrade cycles, squeezing you of every last drop.
Resist. Buy used, if you must. But look for escape routes, because this shit is untenable.
Catch me by the cave walls, charcoal in hand.