Comment on Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge
Kribensis@lemm.ee 9 months agoThat’s fair. It is whataboutism (is that one word or 7?) And, I’m pissed off not only that Apple is messing with basic DMA compliance, but that they literally forked all their software rather than do this in the US.
At the same time, I hate Apple the least of big tech, since they actually do give a crap about building good products and have done quite a bit of that. One can make the argument that zero other big tech companies do.
Should we expect more of all of them? I’m not gonna die on that hill! It is way, way too late to stop this corporatocracy, but one can hope.
At the same time, I hate Apple the least of big tech, since they actually do give a crap about building good products and have done quite a bit of that.
That’s an incredibly low bar. There are exceptions of course but I’d argue there really is no need to use “big tech” software and hardware much of the time. Smartphones are probably the most challenging, but desktops and laptops? Easy to avoid.
since they actually do give a crap about building good products and have done quite a bit of that
That hasn’t been true for quite a few years.
is that one word or 7?
It’s one, with a formal definition in dictionaries which.
whostosay@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Apple builds marketing, not good products. There was a time they were innovative, and it is not now. Their price/performance ratio is laughable.
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I have to disagree when it comes to laptops: the gap has closed a bit now, but there’s still no intel- or amd-based alternative that comes close to the MacBook air in terms of performance/battery life at the £1000-£1200 price point. When the M1s first came out, the fanless MacBook air shattered the intel i9 MBP in any conceivable metric other than pure GPU power (which the MacBook Pro could use for about a minute before overheating).
Even if expensive, the current MacBook lineup is really compelling. If you’re prepared to spend £3000 on a laptop, you just can’t get anything similar in terms of performance, battery life, and noise. You might get a workstation like an HP ZBook with similar oomph but then you’re looking at a beast that weighs 50% more than a comparable MBP, has the fans buzzing all the time at full blast, and lasts a couple hours on a battery charge. I’ve used my work MacBook Pro (M1 Max) for a full Atlantic flight of ≈9 hours and it still had juice to go.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They start at £1,150. Not £1000.
MacBooks in that price range fall apart frequently due to only having 8GB of RAM. They’re e-waste.
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I have no idea what you’re on about. MacBook airs start at £999, and I’ve still been able to configure one at £1199 with 16 GB of RAM.
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Also I haven’t said anything about that magic ram nonsense, please don’t try to paint me as an idiot. Even my personal laptop has 32 GB. But different needs, different price points. I still maintain that at the price points apple operates, it’s hard to find something better with windows - not because I’m an apple fanboy by any means, but because of the laziness of Intel and the lack of decent ARM alternatives (and Microsoft’s half assed approach to ARM).