I left Apple behind years ago after using their gear for more than a decade. I recently received a new M1 laptop from work and liked it quite a bit. It's fast, it's quiet, it doesn't get hot. I liked it so much, that I was prepared to go back full Apple for a while. I was briefly reviewing a new iPhone, a M1 mini as a build server, a display, and several accessories to go along with a new M1 laptop for myself. (I don't like to mix work and personal)

Then this news broke. Apple, you just lost several thousand dollars in sales from me. I had items in cart and was pricing everything out when I found this news. I will spend my money elsewhere. This is a horrendous blunder. I will not volunteer myself up to police states by using your gear now or ever again in the future. I've even inquired about returning the work laptop in exchange for a Dell.

Unsafe at any speed. Stallman was right. etc etc etc.