Using an Apple device sounds insufferable
this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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For the most part, they work well and are easy. Perfect for tech illiterate people. The problem is they keep you tech illiterate rather than teaching you how to better use technology. Do it apples way, and pay for the privelege, or you can't do it at all.
The problem is they keep you tech illiterate rather than teaching you how to better use technology.
Well put IMO
Spoken like someone who has never used a Mac.
More accurately, perfect for people who donโt care to tweak, fiddle, or configure their devices. Being literate with technology doesnโt immediately mean that someone wants a device that offers them the flexibility to customize it. I donโt use an iPhone because I donโt understand technology, but rather because I prefer a device that doesnโt require any effort to use. Yes, itโs limited in some of the things it can do as a result, but the ecosystem is so seamless and free of troubleshooting that itโs valuable for me to not have to do any work outside of work.
Sure, but you can't use it to download torrents for instance. Or until the eu forced it, use a different browser. The limitations have an effect on the openness of the internet as much as they do for user ease of use.
I don't know if you've tried any other phone in the last decade but there is not more troubleshooting on an android device than an iPhone. I have an iPad. I constantly find it more frustrating, than easy to use.
"Why hello, consumer. Trying to get in harm's way by making decisions by yourself again? You silly goose. Let's get you back on track."
I cannot shake the feeling the Finder icon has the most condescending demeanor ever seen in software, even more so than Microsoft's Clippy.
Except this logo is based on the splash screen used in Mac OS 7.5.1 which was released in 1995, and Clippy came with Word 97
Today I learned.
โWARNING this may be cheaperโ
In Dutch we have this saying that if you don't want to listen, you have to feel. Not sure if that's also a thing in English but EU is definitely not gonna be ok with this.
In germany we have the same saying, "Wer nicht hรถren will muss fรผhlen".
It's so much fun to discover that so many languages share so many phrases everwhere
Yep it's precisely that
"Fuck around and find out"?
Yeah it comes down to the same end result, what I like about 'our' saying in this case is that it implies you've been warned and should by now know better.
Hey Apple, wanna find out what happens if you're a pissy little knob like this?
More regulation
how pathetic...
Cry some more Tim Apple.
This definitely gives me "our payment system is the only secure system there is, and you know it's true, because we say so" vibes.
This is exactly the sort of FUD language Microsoft used to use everywhere before they got slapped with the antitrust suit.