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- Comment on Apple quotes customer $1075 to replace every part BESIDES the bad one 🤣 1 year ago:
I would categorize it more as wear and tear rather than disposability, but I do agree that the nature of repairing a MacBook is only for a market that can afford it. It’s much like repairing a car, either you continue repairing it, or you drive it to the ground and buy a new one.
As a software developer, I personally do find MacBooks to be more conducive to my profession, so while I wouldn’t say I agree with “more people need to leave it”, I would say that we as customers should pick the product that suits our needs the most (apple or otherwise), which I believe is the original message in your comment (get the product that you can afford).
- Comment on Apple quotes customer $1075 to replace every part BESIDES the bad one 🤣 1 year ago:
The root of the issue was identified by a third party repair shop, narrowing down to two capacitors that were providing the wrong voltage, preventing the MacBook Air to boot up.
While I agree that a repair shop technician is certainly more technically skilled and trained to find those issues than an apple genius bar associate, it is up to Apple to ensure that they equip their associates with the right tools to identify the root cause prior to providing a quote, and even more so to inform the customer prior to performing the work order.
Coincidentally, I just came back from a battery swap, and in my experience, there was confirmation at every step of the way before proceeding, to ensure that I understand the problem, and approve the work order. In this lady’s case, someone fucked up big time.
- Comment on Apple quotes customer $1075 to replace every part BESIDES the bad one 🤣 1 year ago:
What? At the time of this comment, one comment is a link to piped YouTube, one comment about the dispersible nature of Adobe products, and another about the difficulty of electronics repair… Where are these Apple cult members or are you really just hallucinating?
- Comment on Statement from Linus Tech Tips about Madison's accusations 1 year ago:
Linus has a track record and proven history of doing/saying stupid shit. I think in this case, he recognizes that he’s just shit at his job and wants help. He most likely didn’t expect the Billet issue (no way he would have known Steve would have released a vid) and if he knew about Madison coming out, he’d have tried to prevent that sooner. Hiring a CEO won’t fix the Madison problem, as that event had already occurred.
- Comment on Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it. 1 year ago:
I’m far from a cheap tipper, but the way tipping culture has evolved in North America is ridiculous.
- Comment on The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices 1 year ago:
And, yet, the multi-billion dollar industries keep on keeping on.
And as more people refuse to pay and pirate, studios enlist copyright trolls to chase down piracy as an avenue of compensation. That is until a new game-changing service that disrupts the industry (the way Netflix first did by offering a single solution at a reasonable price), followed by copycat services fragmenting access to media at price increases, and the cycle repeats.
Such is the routine cycle of capitalism and greed.
- Comment on The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices 1 year ago:
I wonder if they even evaluate cause of unsubscription. A re-subscription simply brings their DAU/MAU (daily-active-users/monthy-active-users) stats up, and maintains the average trend…
A real message would be to not give them that count…
- Comment on The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices 1 year ago:
I costume my media on anything that can access the internet. Even on a stream deck, thanks to Plex. As another user posted, Emby and Jellyfin are alternatives as well.
- Comment on Self-hosted GitHub alternative? 1 year ago: