DAMNIT! MAKING ME AGREE WITH APPLE.
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God damn Tim Apple
for paying orange man who wants to get rid of DEI
Yay DEI!
Tim cook, a gay man, donated a million to trump. Don't let Apple pretend they aren't playing both sides.
I reckon they have to at this point. Pay your dues and get to keep your business.
They also operate a lot of sweatshops.
I’m nearly certain that ALL major tech manufacturers do. So, don’t go thinking that Samsung phone of yours is sweatshop free.
I tried to avoid that by buying fairphone, hopefully their supply chain is decent.
Who needs a phone that costs 1500 to doom scroll Lemmy anyway
But Costco loves us, right?
Welcome to Costco
Noted.
Apple may be a terrible company, but their pride logo looks so good
They are a terrible company, and yet I'll always bat for them online because I feel they get more flak than other, even worse tech companies.
Apple was the first company to give you several years of software support instead of one major OS version. Apple, for a while, made devices so easy to repair, it would've put them out of business at some point, honestly. Even with the first 8 or so iPhones, they were fairly easy to open up, but I'm talking of course about the PowerPC era, where they'd send you repair manuals with your spare parts. As a private individual.
Apple still makes the highest quality laptops, as far as actual build quality is concerned. That aluminium feels so nice. Also only running 2 or 3 models at once means they're actually easier to repair, as spare parts aren't nearly as diverse. I see a HP that doesn't say "Elitebook" on it and I throw it in the trash, because I ain't looking for parts for no Pavilion or Envy or whatever.
That said, do I think they actually have any social principles? Hell nah. But they aren't worse than all the other companies. Apple makes money selling you an overpriced phone. Google only does if you buy a Pixel, which isn't all that big a marketshare, there's still Samsung and others in the same space. Google needs to be making money off those too, and they are, via data collection and advertising.
The amount of kool-aid in the post is amazing.
Apple computers have always been on the lower end of support (see their support of hardware as they've gone thru different CPU architecture). Windows/Linux has never been this quick to drop support.
Apple hardware has always been hard to repair. Non-standard parts, non-standard screws (pentalobe screws, etc...)
Their laptops have never been the "highest quality", they are better than average but haven't ever been the highest quality. Companies like Asus and Sony (when they made laptops) were more reliable (unless you want to compare a $2000 MacBook to a $500 laptop but that's making sure it isn't fair.).
And Apple does data collection and ads. Always have. iAd was Apple's first and started in 2010. And Apple collects a ton of private data about you.
They have always claimed to be doing one thing while in reality been doing the opposite. They get flak because they are the worst for this two-faced behavior.
Apple computers have always been on the lower end of support (see their support of hardware as they’ve gone thru different CPU architecture). Windows/Linux has never been this quick to drop support.
Except now Windows is dropping support randomly for older CPUs, including many that would run Win11 easily, just because they can. So they're honestly the same as Apple in that regard.
see their support of hardware as they’ve gone thru different CPU architecture
They support the old architecture for several years, how's that a bad thing?
Apple hardware has always been hard to repair.
They used to literally ship you parts with repair guides.
Non-standard parts, non-standard screws (pentalobe screws, etc…)
Non-standard parts are one thing (and a problem for sure), but keep in mind that they have way less variety. Go find me a motherboard for a HP Pavilion 15-n037so. Go find me a motherboard for 2012 Macbook Air 13". Guess which one will be easier to find in a company refurbishing laptops. I used to work at one.
The parts for non-Apple laptops aren't always that standard either. You look at two similar WiFi modules, one has a D/PN on it and the other has an FRU code on it. You can't put the D/PN coded part in a Lenovo or the FRU in a Dell, because apparently they use whitelisting! I've personally run into this.
And Apple does data collection and ads. Always have. iAd was Apple’s first and started in 2010. And Apple collects a ton of private data about you.
Of course they do. Now go look at how much Google does of the same.
They have always claimed to be doing one thing while in reality been doing the opposite. They get flak because they are the worst for this two-faced behavior.
Worst with the notable exceptions of Microsoft and Google.
First off, look we get it, you love Apple and that's fine. Just don't make comments of "oh, I don't like them but let me make a bunch of easily disproven claims to make them seem perfect and amazing".
Except now Windows is dropping support randomly for older CPUs, including many that would run Win11 easily, just because they can. So they're honestly the same as Apple in that regard.
And they are all over 10 years old. Apple at best supports 7ish. This isn't the brag you think it is.
They support the old architecture for several years, how's that a bad thing?
Again, same answer. They are the shortest time supporter, and the highest cost.
They used to literally ship you parts with repair guides.
No, they didn't. I've used Mac's since the 80s, in the 90s, and have a 2009 MBP. No they didn't. Never have.
Go find me a motherboard for 2012 Macbook Air 13".
Go find me one with a working CMOS battery. Those are soldered, non-replaceable. Again, I have a 2009 MBP, and even that can be replaced. And a quick eBay check will find the other motherboard.
Of course they do. Now go look at how much Google does of the same.
And go look at how much Google claims to do the opposite. Which one is better, the one who's up front and honest, or the one who lies to your face?
Worst with the notable exceptions of Microsoft and Google.
Uh, huh..... Again, which one is better, the one who's up front and honest, or the one who lies to your face?
They've had a rainbow logo for a long time.
And personally, I hope they’ll bring it back. Along with the colorful plastic era. These days it’s all boring aluminium, but Apple used to enjoy actual colourful designs. I love the G3 iMac so much, I’ve got a framed poster of it. Can you imagine how cool an iPhone or tablet would be in these colorful plastic designs?
I loved that design as a kid and was so upset on the next release. Having fun colored desktops in elementary school then getting the flat chrome design going into middle school made me slightly sad tbh. I did hate the G3 mouse though.
I can imagine a classroom full of them would’ve looked awesome back in the day.
The G3 mouse wasn’t TOO bad, though I certainly wouldn’t enjoy using one today.
It had a really nice keyboard though. Which also had its own USB pass through port, so you could plug the mouse into that instead of the iMac itself.
Fun fact: the G3 iMac was in fact the very first computer to ship with built in USB. In fact, the standard wasn’t really finalised until after it shipped. It actually wasn’t a very popular decision to do that, since serial ports were still the standard at that time, and most people didn’t own anything with USB on it. Wild, right? The decision to put in a CD-ROM drive was equally unpopular, since many folks still used floppy disks…
Making it transparent might encourage pesky users to consider replacing a part.
The annoying thing is… they used to let you do just that! On the G3 iBook you could just lift up the keyboard and replace the RAM and AirPort card. And i’ve been fistdeep in my G3 easter egg to replace the AirPort card.
As a longtime Apple fan, it’s annoying to see what we’ve lost.
These were the coolest.
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