Just give your kid an iPhone from AxiExpress
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Lmaydev@programming.dev 6 months agoYeah it’s literally a status symbol amongst kids.
My kid is desperate for one but can’t give me a single compelling reason apart from they’re seen as cool.
AzureRT@reddthat.com 5 months ago
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I like Apple products because they just work. I have tried Windows, Linux, & Android, but I ultimately decided on just using the Apple Ecosystem (except for my gaming computer) because the products just work well. Sure they cost more and are locked down but I am willing to sacrifice those things for things for the boost in productivity.
Apple isn’t for everybody but their products have upsides.
r0bi@infosec.pub 6 months ago
They just work (usually) if you want to use their products the way they want you to use them.
If you have your own idea how to do something on your own that’s any different, you will slowly go insane.
sugartits@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Well… Yeah? That’s the case for most products.
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
youtu.be/cKSy_KqUX5o?t=4
MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Why downvotes? They are both right, with an exception of MacBooks. Otherwise, you are limited by use cases predicted by the manufacturer, even if it “just works”.
I use both iPhone and MacBook, with the latter mostly as a Unix that, again, “just works”, but I can even go as far as compile whole GNU userspace natively with Gentoo Prefix (one of many options).
snowe@programming.dev 6 months ago
Cuz it makes no sense. You wouldn’t complain that the iPhone doesn’t work as a skateboard because they don’t want you using it as a skateboard. It doesn’t work as a skateboard because it’s not a skateboard. All companies design products to be used the way the company wants you to use them. If op is talking about it being super locked down, that’s also incorrect. I can disable plenty of the security features on Mac and it continues to work just fine, compared to windows where if you disable UAC you literally cannot use your computer the same way and it will bug you constantly. It’s just a trope that isn’t really true at all.