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Apple will give in to anyone who will substantially impact bottom line. This is not a surprise. A lot of sports apps bring in a lot of money. Plus, c-suite is full of athlete groupies.
I was gifted an ipod touch once. I HATE everything apple. It's overpriced garbage. I go through computers and phones like jugs of milk, none of them have ever been apple.
Impossible. Good products come from competition and high-IQ customers who do their research and only buy the best. Apple is a hipster cult, and always has been. Steve Jobs could shit in a jar and sell it for $10,000.
I agree with you about the importance of competition.
Gonna disagree with you about Steve.
The iPhone was a significant step in the evolution of smart devices.
Steve knew that it should exist so he forced his employees to make it.
Without the iPhone, Android would not have become as good as it has become. We would all be using Windows phones because there would not have been any good alternatives and Microsoft would have used their marketing power to shove it down our throats.
Were some iPhones overpriced? Sure, but SOME of that money went into some decent R&D work.
The history of Apple doesn't begin with iAnything. They've been making inferior computers all through the 80s and 90s, but somehow had a hipster vibe and managed to attract a cult following. They restricted the user to their proprietary stuff, which allowed them to profit more than IBM-compatible PC manufacturers. That allowed them to consolidate lots of capital to throw at the iPod (not the first MP3 player, BTW, and not the best). That allowed them to bundle not only software but a content store as well. Those stupid hipsters love paying for trendy crap, especially music. And that gave them the capital to throw at iPhone (not the first smartphone).
The only things Apple ever did right is FreeBSD (using a real Unix base in MacOS) and LLVM (using a native language like ObjC / Swift instead of VM crap like Android). Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
20 years ago, I bought a Mac G4 Cube. Yes, it was more expensive than a Dell.
It was also silent, beautiful and long-lasting.
I was able to use it for 10 years because I upgraded the internal parts myself.
It was worth it.
After that, I had a Macmini which only cost me about $500.
For work, I had to buy a 2010 MacBook but I gave it to my wife. It still works.
I upgraded to a MacBookPro in 2012. It still works. It has a 2GB SSD and 16GB of RAM, very speedy and quiet.
That is 4 computers in 20 years.
Yes, they are more expensive but I end up buying fewer computers than most people. Now, unlike most Apple users I was capable of upgrading and repairing my Apples so that may be why I could do that.
Now, I will admit, I am pissed at Apple for making all their new stuff non-upgradable. That sucks.
I've had computers last me a decade, like the last Dell desktop I owned.
As of late, I only use laptops (and rented servers all over the world). Thinkpads were once legendary as the most resilient, upgradable, long-lasting laptop, with best Linux/BSD support as well. They've slowly declined since being swallowed by China, but still better than Apple. Dell laptops are OK. My next laptop will probably be a System76.
Apple will give in to anyone who will substantially impact bottom line. This is not a surprise. A lot of sports apps bring in a lot of money. Plus, c-suite is full of athlete groupies.
And they are....intrusive!
I was gifted an apple IIe. Never bought a single apple item in my life.
I was gifted an ipod touch once. I HATE everything apple. It's overpriced garbage. I go through computers and phones like jugs of milk, none of them have ever been apple.
Crapple, Crapintosh. Just CCraP
iPhags
Tim, I don’t care that you are gay, but please stop being a social justice faggot and just make good electronics.
Impossible. Good products come from competition and high-IQ customers who do their research and only buy the best. Apple is a hipster cult, and always has been. Steve Jobs could shit in a jar and sell it for $10,000.
Are you my long lost brother? I can't believe so many people use that bullshit.
I agree with you about the importance of competition. Gonna disagree with you about Steve.
The iPhone was a significant step in the evolution of smart devices. Steve knew that it should exist so he forced his employees to make it.
Without the iPhone, Android would not have become as good as it has become. We would all be using Windows phones because there would not have been any good alternatives and Microsoft would have used their marketing power to shove it down our throats.
Were some iPhones overpriced? Sure, but SOME of that money went into some decent R&D work.
The history of Apple doesn't begin with iAnything. They've been making inferior computers all through the 80s and 90s, but somehow had a hipster vibe and managed to attract a cult following. They restricted the user to their proprietary stuff, which allowed them to profit more than IBM-compatible PC manufacturers. That allowed them to consolidate lots of capital to throw at the iPod (not the first MP3 player, BTW, and not the best). That allowed them to bundle not only software but a content store as well. Those stupid hipsters love paying for trendy crap, especially music. And that gave them the capital to throw at iPhone (not the first smartphone).
The only things Apple ever did right is FreeBSD (using a real Unix base in MacOS) and LLVM (using a native language like ObjC / Swift instead of VM crap like Android). Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Their brand rating has been falling over the past few years, but they remain hugely overpriced for no reason.
20 years ago, I bought a Mac G4 Cube. Yes, it was more expensive than a Dell. It was also silent, beautiful and long-lasting. I was able to use it for 10 years because I upgraded the internal parts myself. It was worth it.
After that, I had a Macmini which only cost me about $500.
For work, I had to buy a 2010 MacBook but I gave it to my wife. It still works.
I upgraded to a MacBookPro in 2012. It still works. It has a 2GB SSD and 16GB of RAM, very speedy and quiet.
That is 4 computers in 20 years.
Yes, they are more expensive but I end up buying fewer computers than most people. Now, unlike most Apple users I was capable of upgrading and repairing my Apples so that may be why I could do that.
Now, I will admit, I am pissed at Apple for making all their new stuff non-upgradable. That sucks.
I've had computers last me a decade, like the last Dell desktop I owned.
As of late, I only use laptops (and rented servers all over the world). Thinkpads were once legendary as the most resilient, upgradable, long-lasting laptop, with best Linux/BSD support as well. They've slowly declined since being swallowed by China, but still better than Apple. Dell laptops are OK. My next laptop will probably be a System76.
Violent fucking death to apple and the nba!