Comment on They Literally Don't Make Things Like They Used To – SOME MORE NEWS
filister@lemmy.world 1 year agoThe question is are you always a **** and is your life so miserable that you feel the need to insult unprovoked, people just because the latter doesn’t share your opinion.
I see you are clearly an Apple fanboi but this doesn’t change the fact that Apple had fought furiously over the years to make their devices less repairable. They are even preventing you from changing their parts unless you do it in authorised centres. www.idoc.eu/blog/…/problems-after-iphone-repair/, battery gate, to name a few. Or are you so delusional. Fact is that Apple is on purpose creating closed standards that only their devices are supporting. Heck even their official apps are not compatible with other devices. If that’s not anti consumer practice, what is?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I notice you’ve dropped your original complains and moved on to completely different talking points. Was the goalpost heavy when you moved it?
Insult? I was a little hostile because you’re talking about something you obviously don’t have a firm grasp on. But I never insulted you.
Can’t same the same about you though…
Opinion? Those were facts friend. Unless you can tell me where I was wrong?
Yes, a well known tactic that should be illegal. And oddly the only real issue in your comments.
What?
Hardware? Software?
The only hardware standard they had in place that actually affected anything like cross device support would be the lightning cable. Unless you’re talking about the fact that you can’t put an iPhone mainboard into an android phone?… which would make no sense.
Software makes just about as much sense though, since you’ve always needed to rewrite (or at the very least recompile) code between architectures.
What does this even mean? Are you mad you can’t use the Phone app from your iPhone, on an android?
Or are you talking about the fact that iMessage is locked into the Apple ecosystem, which is a legitimate complaint but not at all what you said.
My entire point was, if you’re going to try to call out a company, list real issues. The only thing in all your complaining that is an actual problem is the fact that they have hardware pairing, and potentially that they explicitly lock out users from iMessage without an Apple device. Though that last one was me being generous with my interpretation of what you said.
filister@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Okay, since you seem to still insist that I don’t know what I am talking about:
Apple apps are incompatible with any other OS apart from Apple’s one.
Batterygate, when they started slowing down devices with degraded batteries
Not replaceable batteries on their devices.
Not replaceable SSD, RAM, etc. in their devices, everything is soldered.
Lightning cable: “According to AppleInsider’s rough calculations, the “Apple tax” (MFi certification + chip + cut) on a Lightning cable can account for half of the price of the cable. According to media estimates, Apple makes $5 billion a year by selling Lightning cables and MFi certificates.”
MagSafe is another example of proprietary standard, that’s not open to the public.
You cannot change the default browser or maps applications in iOS.
You can also check youtu.be/RIFQC8iA65k?si=T8ZAumHF29gZF0wc and maybe google Louis Rosmann
iPhones till today are not able to play MPEG-DASH or decrypt any other than AES & Fairplay encryption, which by the way belongs to Apple and surprise surprise is not free. Dash on the other hand can work with different encryptions, work on pretty much every device other than Apple and is more ubiquitous.
Heck up until recently they were not allowing their scientists to publish their research papers.
Spotify is suing Apple, because they are subject of the 30% tax, while Apple music is exempt, giving them an illegal advantage.
Did you know that in order to write apps targeting iOS you need to use MacOS, so it is not possible to do it on Linux or Windows.
Do you remember who started the smartphone patent wars as well?
Is this enough to prove how ignorant I am and technology illiterate or do you want more?
So yeah, I dare say I know a thing or two about Apple.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Name an OS this is not true of.
The alternative being the phones literally turning off and not turning on because the batteries could not support the device at full power.
The problem with this wasn’t the actual slowing down of phones, it was that this was a stealth update that was neither optional, nor was the user informed.
They are actually fairly easily replaced. I assume you mean “easily removable without tools” to which I’d point out that while I agree it’s kinda shit, it’s also pretty unnecessary. If you want more battery power, bring a battery bank.
While I can agree that this is an issue of repairability, this also how 99% of the market works.
One of the main arguments that makes sense to go against lightning. And while I am happy, for the most part, that usb c is coming, there are many points you’re ignoring with that selective quote.
Main one being that Apple footed the bill to develop lightning, which again is a much better connector than what was available prior to usb c coming to market.
That said, they really should have phased it out in favor of usb c.
I don’t see a problem with this. Where else do you want it?
This is not true. Hell, you can uninstall Apple Maps.
I’m well aware of Louis, and the right to repair movement. I also agree with the vast majority of legitimate issues with Apple.
I keep telling you that my issue is you talking about non-issues. I’ve never claimed Apple is good.
This is a decent complaint. I wasn’t aware of this actually, and the fact that Mac supports (or did at one time) it for Netflix and nothing else is telling.
Isn’t this normal for the industry?
<.<
How exactly does one charge themselves a 30% tax?
“Apple, you owe Apple 1 kajillion dollars.”
“Oh okay, here’s a check from Apples bank account. Be sure to cash it into Apples bank account!”
Yes, well aware. Did you know you can install MacOS on a windows PC, within a VM?
I don’t think this question is the one you meant to ask. 🤭
Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not the person you’ve been replying to. However it’s not true of most any other major OS. There are always outliers. But there’s plenty of software that can be compiled to run on any major OS. As long as it wasn’t written by Apple. Windows apps can run under Linux. Linux apps can run under Windows. Android apps can run under both. And both with a bit of work can function in android. That’s not even mentioning BSD. Whose shoulders apple is standing on while giving next to nothing back.
Now that isn’t to say that all that is possible because the makers of all those systems are working together. Far from. Microsoft has done next to nothing themselves to facilitate their software to run elsewhere. And someday perhaps apple software might enjoy the same ability. However that does not detract from the fact that Apple currently is acting in the worst ways Microsoft used to act. And are working to build an impenetrable user hostile Walled Garden.
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