Louis Rossman is right : memes

[-] RIP_Apollo@feddit.ch 75 points 10 months ago

I hate the tribalism regarding Apple products. There are loyal fanboys who won’t hear a bad word about Apple, and then there are Apple haters who criticise everything about them.

I wish we had some more nuance in this debate. The reality is that there are advantages and disadvantages to Apple products. I’ll outline a few:

Advantages

Long iOS support. Typically you can expect an iPhone to be supported for 5-7 years, which is well above the average in the industry.
No bloatware or adverts on the iPhone
Better privacy than Google Android/Microsoft Windows
High-end hardware, e.g. M1 chip in MacBooks.
User friendly design. Nice user experience.

Disadvantages

Overpriced. Seriously all Apple products are more expensive than the competition.
Anti-consumer business practices that influence the industry. They normalised removing the headphone jack and using non-removable batteries, which other manufacturers followed. Another anti-consumer practice is using their proprietary Lighting port, rather than USB (luckily the EU should be forcing them to adopt USB-C and removable batteries soon). Also, no SD card slot because they want you to use iCloud
Walled garden. No support for side-loading apps
Required to use iTunes to add/remove music to the iPhone, which is a problem if you use Linux (you’d have to use Wine to install the Windows version as a workaround)

[-] gooey@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I like to say that there are two Apples, Apple the designer and Apple the business.

Apple the designer is one of the best in the world. Yes they have blunders but they consistently put out some of the highest quality hardware and software. The current design language of the iPhone is beautiful, MacOS has its issues but it's a good OS, the seamlesness with which Apple devices work together is nothing short of incredible. They have some of the best engineers and designers in the world and it shows. (I'll never forgive them for the mouse though, that thing is a travesty)

Apple the business is a ghoul who hates its users and competition, would rather you buy a new phone than repair your broken one and, if they could, would make your device implode if you do anything they don't approve of. I'm still waiting for them to be benevolent enough to allow me to code on an M1 iPad, a device that has all the power of a mac but is completely knee capped by its OS.

I love Apple the designer, but unfortunately Apple the business makes it impossible for me to support them.

[-] xyguy@startrek.website 15 points 10 months ago

This is a great point. Anyone that says that the MacBook is a piece of crap has never used one (other than the first gen 12 inch MacBook) they are awesome and the design is great.

MacOS on the other hand really gets on my nerves and all of their anti-consumer stuff is enough for me to avoid them entirely. I won't even call them overpriced because a PC similarly equipped with a monitor as nice as theirs is just as much.

I wish there was a hardware designer as good as Apple on the PC side but because they are so good people excuse abhorrent business practices. You don't see people vehemently defending stupid things that Dell does for instance.

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[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago

Apple absolutely can do some great things, but I cannot overlook their anti-consumer practices towards the right to repair. The fact that aftermarket parts have to reuse a chip for the sole reason of marking the serial number the same as the original is ridiculous and should be illegal.

Also Apple devices are only more "private" in the sense that the prevent third parties from collecting your data (don't get me wrong, this is great), but then proceed to go and collect the same data for their own uses instead.

Another baffling thing I found is that you can't transfer files from the device if iCloud is enabled? That's fucking crazy to me. I get that it's not a common thing to do but I had multiple customers ask how they'd get something off, and the answer was to slowly download it from the cloud, if it was something that happened to be backed up.

[-] RIP_Apollo@feddit.ch 6 points 10 months ago

Apple devices are only more "private" in the sense that the prevent third parties from collecting your data (don't get me wrong, this is great), but then proceed to go and collect the same data for their own uses instead.

While I accept that Apple are far from perfect, my understanding is that even their data collection for their own purposes is still less than the data collection that Google use for their own purposes. And since their are only two major phone OS (Android and iOS), we can only choose between the lesser of the two evils.

After all, do you want to give your data to a company which is the world’s biggest ad company? Or instead give your data to a company whose business model is convincing people to buy $1000+ phone every year?

But yeah, I agree that Apple’s anti-consumer practices are awful. I wasn’t aware of the aftermarket parts re-using chips just for the serial numbers and I’m not even the least bit surprised. We need governments to bring in legislation to protect right to repair, because companies like Apple can’t be reasonable.

[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Oh google is for sure worse, they are an ad company primarily afterall

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

No bloatware or adverts on the iPhone

Cherry-picked. There are phones without ads or bloat. And, given the incompatibility between facetime/iMessage and apps standardized across all other platforms, I consider these to be bloat.

User friendly design. Nice user experience.

Subjective. I support a number of family members whose grandkids suggested iPhones. Whether it's swooshing, skootching, swiping, tapping or banging it against a guardrail, I haven't learned and they can't remember how to bring up the main app screen now that the functional button was removed -- like, none of them. I'm just here to fix their email passwords, and I leave the UX issues to said grandkids.

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[-] Syldon@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

I use Iphone and Ipad just for the banking. I distrust Android. It is an open system, and used a lot more for data collection than Apple's ecosystem is. The return you get from a data request between apple and an Android system is vast. I refuse to use Facebook and the likes.

I never buy the latest edition of Iphone anymore. I have done in the past, but the idea of spending £1200 on a phone seems stupid to me. I have very few apps on both the Iphone and Ipad. I use a PC for other stuff. Iphone hardware is good with the CPU side of things, but the cameras are very inferior compared to some android phones.

I use a windows PC to move my own music to my iphone, but it is a hampered system. I really do not understand why they have not been brought to the spotlight of the monopolies commission because of how bad they hinder transfers. I have a process I have to follow to get new music on my iphone. Anyone who wants movies on their apple products should look at VLC. It is the easiest method. I should add I haven't added new music for a long time. This could have changed, but I would be sceptical until I saw it for myself.

I look down on anyone buying a Macbook. They are total dogcrap, and massively overpriced. They are designed to fail in many areas, the latest being the SSDs that are causing surges in the motherboard, which destroys it. Apple constructively inhibits any repairs behind software encoding and pressure it puts on 3rd party suppliers. They lobby US government to restrict self repairs. You are literally throwing money into Apple's bank account for very little return.

[-] natebluehooves@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago

Intel macbooks deserve the hate, but the apple silicon ones are genuinely impressive to the point of being worth it until the competition catches up in terms of ARM performance, especially in terms of battery life.

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[-] glitched_lesbian@beehaw.org 37 points 10 months ago

Wasn't Rossman's whole point that people that clowning on others for buying Apple instead of clowning on Apple is aiding Apple anyway?

If Apple get away with it, Samsung'll do it. So will Huawei, and Google, and Motorola. Apple users are not good punching bags

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

But Apple wouldn't be able to get away with it when their customers wouldn't gobble up their bad decisions.

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

Like everyone using chrome and allowing Google to control the browser ecosystem? Or Samsung and get all that delicious unremovable bloatware on their phone? Every company makes these decisions because rich people who invest in them force them to make profit year over year or get sued. This is a flaw in capitalism.

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[-] June@lemm.ee 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This fight about whether owning an android device or an Apple device having any morality associated with it at all is stupid.

Change my mind

I also think it’s interesting how many people are trying to de-google their lives but still simp for android. One reason I like Apple is because they jealously guard my data and don’t sell it.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

The fight is actually about the non-repairability of apple products, mostly laptops in Louis Rossmans's case, and not related to android.

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[-] JakeHimself@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Simping is not the same as lacking a reasonable alternative

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[-] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Rossmann was a lot better before he realized he could use his platform as a soapbox for weird right-libertarian politics. No, Louis, I didn’t come here to hear you rant about how much you have to pay in taxes, I want to know how you solved the problem of no power on this MacBook.

I also don’t get why he refuses to have accurate descriptions on his videos so they can actually be found when searching instead of having to skip through the videos to see, and instead just spams his parts store and a million other things on every video.

I had a chance to train with him, but went with Jessa at iPad Rehab instead, and I’m glad, because her class was an actual class plus dozens of hours of practical work, compared to Louis’s “come over to my shop for like 2 hours after we close and I’ll kinda just give you crap to do while bitching at you if you don’t understand my ineffectual explanations” that I’ve heard his class is from multiple people who took it.

[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 10 months ago

Bought Asus laptop, just 1.5 year later the product is discontinued and no support page can be found. They also stopped selling the charging brick for it.

Bought Sony headphones, a year later wanted to replace the foam. No customer support, no repair, just nada.

Bought Samsung phone. Filled to brim with bloat. Shows me ads on lockscreen. Crawling speed in 2 years. No updates.

Bought an iPhone for mom. Still getting updates after 4 years. Got battery replaced with no hassle.

Don't knock it till you try it.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

These seem like cherry picked examples to an extent.

Most Asus laptops charge with basic USB C which can easily be purchased anywhere. They also use M.2 SSD’s instead of soldered one’s and standard screws vs Apple’s special shaped ones.

Apple’s only headphones + replacement pads are going to over 2x the price of even high-end Sony headphones. Plus Apple exclusively puts the Lightning jack on them instead of USB C or a 3.5mm jack

None of the Samsung phones I’ve ever used have had ads on the Lock Screen or any bloat that wasn’t easy to completely ignore. The ones that do are typically cheaper than the cheapest iPhone and an unfair comparison

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Asus also sells many parts individually for self-repair, in contrast to Apple and the shenanigans that accompany their ‘self serve repair’ program

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[-] Dor7t0@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

Rossman has been spewing literal facts for years now.

[-] cruspies@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

I freely admit to being that sucker. In a weak moment during a Covid lockdown I bought an iPad Pro. Worst purchase ever. It's too heavy to use comfortably, the battery life is shit and the paucity of apps compared with my Android phone is ridiculous. Worst of all, it died suddenly less than 18 months after I bought it. It was replaced under consumer laws here, but still. I feel like an idiot for having bought it.

The only other Apple product I own is a 160GB iPod Classic, bought in 2007 and still going strong. Sturdy, good battery life, small size, decent interface, room for all my music. So of course it's no longer produced or supported.

[-] Jaxi_is_here@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 10 months ago

I’m convinced people who post these haven’t actually used apple devices seriously without going into it with their superiority complex. the fluidity and peace of mind not having to find fucking drivers for some shit from 2004 that have long been consumed by time it just plugs in and works. Or the fact that for instance a MacBook comes with everything you need to say decompress a file without downloading winrar or 7zip it’s built in. The apple version of ms office comes with the device. Not to mention the software being specifically written for the hardware means i haven’t had a day ruining crash in so long i can’t remember. Not having God damn ads on my desktop you gotta be kidding me. Text messages on all my devices. My mouse and keyboard on my mac can automatically control my iPad. Sure you can kinda do these things on the bootleg os’s kinda sorta but when it comes out of the box like that and i don’t have to fuck with 20 3rd party apps and ads on everything is 10000% worth it to me.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The walled golden garden is great isn't it?

I am forced to use a MacBook at work and I fricking hate it. The software follows such strange HIGs. Just look at the finder. Why is the default action on a folder/file to RENAME it? If I press enter on a folder I want to enter it, if I press enter on a file I want to open it.

Why does apples keyboard layout with DEde Locale is so utterly strange compared to IBM keyboard layouts?

Why do they not print atleast the second modifier row on the keys?

To use Macintosh's you really need to think differently.

But yeah the interconnection inside it's eco system is pretty neat.

Also, why whine about drivers for something from 2004? You, certainly as a apple user, don't have anything that old anyway. And the option to be able to use stuff from that age by installing a driver is super useful.

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[-] zbynaCool@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Seems more like an apple user with superioty complex who never used other os to me

[-] Luvon@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

Or another person who just can’t let someone who likes apple devices, like them.

The op post is pretty terrible. It’s insultingly in their superior complex. That’s what most extreme “all users who do x” takes are.

The response wasn’t that there is no other way to fulfill this list of things that they like, but that for them, apple devices fulfill this list of things.

I’ve used plenty of OSes. I switch between Linux for our servers, windows on my work computer and my gaming computer, and apples oses on the apple devices I own. I prefer macos to windows any day. That’s my personal preference. You prefer Linux? Good, have fun. Windows? Sure, whatever floats your boats.

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[-] drewsipher@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

I agree but the fediverse is built on open source evangelists you aren’t going to get a lot of agreement. I use an iPhone an Apple Watch and AirPods and have a work issued Mac I like them all just fine

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apart from office pre installed, Linux has all these benefits for free. And even then, many distros have FOSS alternatives pre installed. Not great if you NEED MSOffice for work, but many suites, like OnlyOffice, are fully compatible with MSO formats.

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[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago

I have no interest in changing an obviously uneducated opinion.

I’ll continue to enjoy my iPhone, my development MacBook Pro, my Windows gaming rig, my Linux server, and everything else that I choose to buy because I use all of it, happily every day.

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[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 14 points 10 months ago

Been using Android for over a decade now. With the recent removal of 3.5mm jacks, I had to look into usb-c to 3.5mm adapters, because I prefer using my wired IEMs.

It turns out the apple usb-c to 3.5mm adapter is actually top notch, and only costs $9. Plenty of folks use that as an upgrade for their computers built in soundboard, because the digital to analog converter on the adapter is excellent and superior to most built in soundboards.

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[-] Ejh3k@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago

A 14 year old girl once tried to berate me for having an android versus her iPhone. I asked her why her iPhone was so much better thsn my android? She didn't have a response. I told her that I had an iPhone, and found it inflexible and frustrating to use. It's overpriced and boring..

She didn't really understand what I was getting at, and why ear buds or blue text bubbles weren't important to me.

[-] Greg@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

After over a decade on Android I'm going to switch to an iPhone for my next phone (once they go USB c). I have always bought flag ship Android phones and I haven't been impressed lately. Awful customer service from Google with my latest Pixel 6 was the last straw. I don't mind playing extra to make sure I have a working phone

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[-] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Facts! They buy simply to show off the logo and demonstrate they can afford to hang in a walled garden.

Edit: iPhones are more "private and secure" out of the box, but it literally takes half a brain with 5 minutes in Android settings to surpass this LOW bar.

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Android has encryption by default, good sandboxing, ability to install a more secure OS (if OEM doesn't suck), etc.

The only thing iOS has going for it is that it treats the users like babies and doesn't allow sideloading

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

it treats the users like babies

That's been Apple's entire M.O. since their beginning. It's why they brought GUIs to the desktop in the early 80s, and retain such tight control over their designs. If there is a chance a user could become lost, misconfigure, or break something, they default to locking it down.

They turn computing devices into toasters that Grandma can operate.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

While this is true, when I still used macOS, I simply learnt to use the terminal. It's unix like so it's not that hard. Allows you far more freedom. They basically lock away anything remotely difficult behind the terminal so that it scares off casual users. Basic stuff? GUI. Anything more difficult? Terminal.

I think apple's software is excellent. Certainly better than windows in many ways.

The hardware and how they treat customers when things break due to poor design? That's another matter.

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[-] Zelaf@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago

I buy Fairphone!

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[-] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 10 months ago

The iPad is great for art so I would mostly agree except for some things

[-] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 10 months ago

The people who killed the headphone jack...

[-] lukini@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm an android user and have been from the start.

However, I have tiny ears, so I can't really use those in-ear earbuds that are common now. I did some research and frequently at the top of the lists for open earbuds that are Bluetooth are the...you might need to sit down for this...airpods. Yes, I know, crazy.

So here I am with airpods and a pixel 7. And they work great for $100 which isn't a crazy price compared to earbuds from companies like Google or Sony. Yes, most Apple stuff is overpriced, but they make good hardware, and I wish fanboys would stop making everything so black and white.

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[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

That's why all mine are hand-me-downs. My family are the suckers.

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Louis has stated many times that shitting on consumers for buying Apple products is not productive.

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[-] sweet@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

I ended up buying a Pixel 7 and slapping EndeavourOS Linux on all of my laptops and PC's in the spur of the moment because I was sick of Windows and was not a fan of Apple. I dont regret it at all. I also grabbed a steam deck recently and I love it. Its so nice to not have to deal with the absolute bullshit that both microsoft and apple force you to go through. I have full control over my device and what goes in it. It's quite nice.

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

The only product from Apple I've ever been impressed by was Airpods and now every other company has them. I bought mine on a huge sale because I don't respect their bullshit prices and I do like them a lot, but I'm sure there are other brands I would like just as much now that they've been around for years.

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