I’m not sure what an iphone user did to you exactly, but seek therapy.
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Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours agoApple deliberately markets to those who willing to trade their virtual freedoms for a pseudo-luxury brand (with enough QC defects to kickstart Louis Rossmann’s career), a UI filled with (buggy) eye candy, “social status” (Blue bubbles) and “convenience” in the form of never having the option of installing software outside their walled garden.
With the exception of those who work at the company and are mandated to have a device, and those who use iOS for certain apps exclusive to the platform required for their employment, they are the technologically inept. Manuals scare them, a terminal prompt would make them jump up and call IT over right away. Installing an application manually is “scary”. If something went wrong with the hardware, they would throw away the device rather than fix it (thanks to Apple). Trying to explain to the the consequences of their choices is a fool’s errand.
They are the marketable, eager cult members for Apple to puppet on virtual strings. The only thing that surprises me is that they haven’t enshittified with ads sooner. I guess that impacts their “luxury” brand image.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Complain for years on end about the issues with their devices while simultaneously refusing to actually question whether they should stop buying Apple products.
Look, I live in silicon valley, I had to deal with family members and colleagues who had these exact issues in real time. Whenever they ask, “This sucks, is there a better way?” I would explain the circumstances and what phones/software would work as an alternative, and they would act repulsed, as if I offered them poison. “I only know how to use Apple! If I can’t get the same experience I’ll never switch!”
Then the very next year, same thing. Makes me want to tear my hair out when they ask me for assistance and refuse to actually consider why they have these issues in the first place.
natecox@programming.dev 19 hours ago
The dumbest of takes indeed.
I am a software engineer with literally decades of experience, I was self hosting websites on personal Linux boxes via dynamic dns before it was cool, and I basically live in my terminal. I’m a proud NixOS user and I spend about as much time shelled in over SSH as I do not.
I use an iPhone because it’s a fucking phone, I use it to browse the web and make calls. I just need it to stay out of my way and not crash.
Maybe deciding that which phone someone uses needs to be a core part of their identity is the actual problem.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
So you’re saying you’re fine with the required Apple account, advertising, and data collection? That’s not getting in your way?
Being unable to use a browser that isn’t webkit/safari isn’t problematic?
kemnz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Yes.
Android does all the same shit with your data but worse.
I could install GrapheneOS or whatever else but there’s tradeoffs around actual usability, reliability, etc there I’m not willing to make, especially considering I use my phone for my job. If you are good for you, but don’t assume people are idiots because they prioritize different things than you.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
That’s valid, I do use GrapheneOS personally and I understand that it’s not a choice (or available) for everyone. The thing that grinds my gears my most are the hypocritical Apple users, those who act like the platform is a bastion of Privacy, Security, and Simplicity when in reality it has just as many (or more) flaws as a platform like Samsung’s line.
If you’re using it as a work phone, I can understand that entirely (I probably should have included that alongside those who need a specific iOS app for their jobs).
Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Would you care to enlighten us fools on what phone and OS you use and how we can be as great as you?
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
I took a few hours to think before I messaged here again so I don’t ragepost, sorry.
Yes, my statement was full of vitriol - fueled from negative experiences assisting IT clients, family members, and colleagues who were too stubborn to realize the limitations of Apple’s ecosystem. I understand people who already have an iPhone either as a gift or a prior purchase, but it’s the refusal to do research or to realize that Apple’s screwing them that grinds my gears.
Personally, I use GrapheneOS, on a Pixel 9, but I am well aware that can’t be a solution for everyone (especially until the Graphene team manage to finish working with that Android OEM for more hardware support), so my best advice is to just to research about what device you are using. Ideally, it should have an unlocked bootloader, a transparent support timeline, and something like PostmarketOS support if you’re buying used.
None of those will ever be options on Apple’s ecosystem, and history shows their ecosystem enshittification is both inevitable, and accelerating. So please, just avoid them (and I guess Samsung as the worst Android-based offender) as much as possible.