Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.

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• DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There’s nothing cool about Apple and never was. They’re just really good at advertising to people who don’t understand technology. You have always been able to get the same grade of technology for way cheaper by purchasing from elsewhere.

  I’ve been an IT professional (as a job) for over 2 decades. I have had numerous jobs and worked with a lot of tech people. I have had exactly one fellow employee that liked Apple and that dude was straight out of high school and we hired him on as an intern at first and he knew basically nothing.

  Apple is good at advertising and robbing people blind. That’s it.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Funny, I’ve been an IT professional for over 2 decades and most of my coworkers have used Macs for development and system administration.

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• TheMonk@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Didn’t you watch the video? They turned a gold bar into a “stand.” Truly revolutionary, Tim apple.

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  • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Wait for the price tag on the upcoming golden monitor stand.

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• CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The latest cool things they have done: they’ve stopped being whiny little bitches & made their iPhones USB-C, with pressure from the EU. They’ve finally adopted Google’s RCS messaging protocol, which should allow Apples & Androids to play nicely together in texting.

  Both of these things were massively overdue; they were being arrogant & childish for years…

  Last but certainly not least: iPhones 15 & up (I think) have FREE “satellite messaging”. If you’re out in bufu & you’ve got no signal, simply put your iPhone out with a clear view of the sky…and your text messages will be relayed, received via satellite. This is a safety feature, not everyone knows it’s a thing, and personally I think it’s very, very cool.

  T-Mobile should also team up with Starlink so all T-Mo customers should get free satellite text messaging. Should. But modern iPhones have free emergency text messaging here & now; that’s worth more than any “Trust me, bro, it’s totally coming”.

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