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That’s all I can think of rn! Personally I go for rational functionality over philosophy as I think that’s a trap! They’re just computers, don’t not use stuff based on principle if it works the best, but also don’t get sucked in by the hype, they make it as easy as possible to eat all your money!
I personally find the Apple One family plan to be an awesome deal. Music/Arcade/TV/Fitness/News. Out of all of these, news is pretty “meh”, though you do get access to popular magazines/newspapers. Everything else is great.
I am not an all Apple guy, since I am a PC gamer, but I use Apple products most of the time.
Since Reddit became unadulterated evil I've been using Apple News to fill my clickbait/doomscrolling quotient and it's actually not too bad once you customize your following sources/topics list. I pay for News+ so I rarely run into a paywall. I've suppressed the sources that require additional subscription (sorry Washington Post). Did you know if you are reading a story in Safari that has a paywall, but that source is available in News+ you can click the share button and "Open in News" will take you to right to a version you can read?
Exactly the same boat. Personal devices are Apple and the Apple one was offering so much more value than Spotify for my family
I have a quibble with Fantastical. Ever since they went to a subscription model from one time purchase I’ve left them behind. I’m not renting software.
Obsidian is far and away my favorite of those you mentioned for personal use. Although notes is better for shared notes with others. Obsidian isn’t something your mom is just going to dive into.
Good list. I like Office over the apple apps for file sharing, especially Excel. Office is still the industry standard. But this is an extra expense for most people.