Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're not a user in any meaningful way of every subcomponent of a product.
Maybe, but you're still indirectly supporting them.
How?
Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
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Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#132"Whining" is an overly prejudicial word choice for this title. These are legitimate issues people have with what Apple is doing, not mere whining. This echoes the "if you don't like it so much then just leave instead of speaking up" dismissal that is so commonly used as a lampshade for suppressing dissent. Not sure if that's the intent here but that's what it comes off as. And this point from the article needs to be…
Could you make some sort of generic app for push notifications, kind of like the old school Growl for the Mac?
Then web apps could be bookmarked within iOS, and push notifications routed through the mini-Growl app?
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#133If you look at the selection of apps on the Mac App Store, where developers aren't forced to use the store, it's pretty easy to see that their 30% generally outweighs the usefulness of the service. So, semantic discussions of monopoly aside, Apple is charging a rent. In general, we should be against rent-seeking in technology.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#134"Whining" is an overly prejudicial word choice for this title. These are legitimate issues people have with what Apple is doing, not mere whining. This echoes the "if you don't like it so much then just leave instead of speaking up" dismissal that is so commonly used as a lampshade for suppressing dissent. Not sure if that's the intent here but that's what it comes off as. And this point from the article needs to be…
I disagree that Apple has a monopoly. The iPhone doesn't even have 50% marketshare in the US, and globally it's significantly less. https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-market-smartphone-sh... Not only are there alternatives, the alternatives are extremely similar to the iPhone. Another interpretation for users who complain loudly but never switch: it just doesn't bother them that much. It bothers them enough to t…
I assume it refers to this: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-antifragile-apple-inc-re...
Basically: Apples competitors marketshare concentrates on the lower cost market part while sharing the infrastructure. Apple has it's users locked in to their environment and controls the upper part of the market. Making it not only hard to switch the infrastructure but also keeping the price always as up as necessary/possible to dominate the upper price region of the market.
Edit: why am I getting downvotes?
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#135I recently bought a system76 lemur pro after being a long time macbook user: https://system76.com/laptops/lemur I will not claim that there are no trade offs, but I find it a very productive machine, and very light weight. I use an external monitor and keyboard, plugged in to a usb-c hub, and it works well. I am hoping that the mudita pure can replace my iphone: https://mudita.com/products/pure/ I do wish someone wou…
Oh wow 2.2lbs, this is the first time I've seen an actual competitor to the Thinkpad x1 carbon.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#136Everything is a trade-off.
I use iOS because I want a smartphone and I'd prefer Apple's restrictions to Google's data-gathering. I'd like to see iOS be better and I'd like to see Apple's App Store policies improved.
If I choose to use Apple products because I find the trade-offs inherent in using iOS/ MacOS, I don't lose the right to expect better of them and want those products to improve.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#137Anti-trust problems can't be solved by individual consumer choices.
Especially when there is no legitimate anti-trust issue to begin with.
In your opinion.
In my opinion, apple is using its monopoly (or duopoly) power to force companies like hey into business relationships they would not enter into otherwise. Which represents an abuse of their position.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#138I recently bought a system76 lemur pro after being a long time macbook user: https://system76.com/laptops/lemur I will not claim that there are no trade offs, but I find it a very productive machine, and very light weight. I use an external monitor and keyboard, plugged in to a usb-c hub, and it works well. I am hoping that the mudita pure can replace my iphone: https://mudita.com/products/pure/ I do wish someone wou…
Not e-ink, but Nokia 800 does have Google Maps.
How about OpenStreetMap?
If I'm ditching Android to get away from Google, I'd rather not use Google Maps.
However I do concede that only having an run some of the time is better than an bad OS running all the time.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#139Unpopular opinion: the 30% that Apple charges includes customer acquisition cost. As a thought experiment, if Hey adds In-App Purchase for subscriptions, but everyone who downloads the app has first signed up for their service due to their marketing methods (an increasing likelihood considering this controversy), then nobody will use the In App Purchase, and Hey will send $0.00 to Apple. If someone discovers the App…
I 100% agree. I think if Apple was consistent across all apps (i.e. they allow users to subscribe outside of their ecosystem with no restriction, but only charged 30% if purchased through ecosystem) nobody would be complaining about the 30% at all. The major issue is that a smaller app is being penalized for not having the clout that someone like Netflix has and being able to bypass the rule.
Re: Quit whining about Apple and just stop using them
#140It's not that simple -- as Churchill said about democracy: "It's the worst form of government ever invented -- except for all the other ones".
I switched to Mac almost 10 years ago, and I'm basically pretty happy with it. So when it looks like Apple is planning to screw it up, I get upset -- I don't want to switch again (it was a huge PITA), and there's nothing out there even remotely close.