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I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Re: I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Post by 8fingerlouie »

flohofwoe wrote: post #211
snowwrestler wrote: post #89

> it’s a company that I feel has lost its alignment with me and other long-time Apple users and customers. When OS X debuted there was a daytime radio talk show in my area called “The Computer Guys.” They capably covered all sorts of computing topics, but were clearly long-time Apple dudes. And they spent weeks complaining about what a disaster OS X was. The Dock was useless and violated Apple’s HIG. The Finder made…

> The Finder made all the same mistakes as Windows did. Tbf, the Finder is still crap (if only it would be nearly as good as Windows Explorer was in its heyday I would probably use it more), and the UNIX terminal is pretty much needed to make a Mac usable in the first place - which is fine though, because the UNIX-ness was exactly why I switched to Mac ;)

> Tbf, the Finder is still crap (if only it would be nearly as good as Windows Explorer was in its heyday I would probably use it more)

I have the exact opposite opinion. I loathe Windows Explorer, and relatively simply stuff like presenting a tree view is apparently some weird magic trick that only Apple has figured out how to do.

Browsing SMB shares (or any other networked storage) is one shortcut away (cmd+k), and I don't need to visit control panel to enable weird subsystems that expose services on my machine to connect to other machines.

I use the terminal a lot, also for simple file operations, but that is because of proficiency, not out of need.

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Post by asdff »

rd wrote: post #23

Not a huge believer in belittling an author's points, but the author makes absolutely not one objective point in this entire article. Genuinely every single thing he describes is an opinion, nothing more, nothing less. And those opinions, at that, aren't even very accurate. AirPods becoming e-waste? Seriously? Pick a better idea to make your point, because pretty much everyone I know has had their AirPods for 2-3+ ye…

I'm always surprised to see people on here talk about refresh rate. I can't see it with my eyes. I even just tested based on your comment with this m3 pro. Power settings are such where on power its pro motion and on battery its 60hz. I tried scrolling this thread really fast while plugging it in and unplugging it and I could not discern a difference. I'm not saying you can't, I'm just surprised I can't, given all I hear about it.

Re: I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Post by closewith »

nico_h wrote: post #217
huhkerrf wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Any more emotional investment than that is going to cause pointless unhappiness. Agreed 100%. If you're writing 2,000+ word blog posts out of anger and exasperation, you should take it as a moment of self reflection that just maybe you're too invested in a corporation.

I mean if we were talking about Cheetos or Coca, I’d agree with you, but we live in a Duopoly on both Mobile, Desktop and the web. If you’re an adult, you’ve been living in their ecosystem for years. It’s kind if hard to not be emotionally invested in something you use all day for your work and/or personal life.

> It’s kind if hard to not be emotionally invested in something you use all day for your work and/or personal life.

I think the vast majority of people manage not to care at all, so that emotional investment isn't as essential as you may believe.

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Post by gloxkiqcza »

CharlieIsAHero wrote: post #151

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Important thing to note with AirPods is that it’s not just the batteries that deteriorate. All of the membranes and meshes and everything lives in a constant chaos of heat/cold, grease, shocks from being dropped, etc. If you get a new pair of AirPods Pro after two years they sound significantly better than the old pair. I’m on my third pair and I never once bought a new one because of battery life/failure.

Re: I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Post by 8fingerlouie »

The rant feels more like "old man yelling at cloud" than an actual valid complaint.

The "issue" is probably more like smartphones are yesterday's technology. They're no longer the shiny new toys they were a decade ago, and the amount of innovation you can realistically do with them, as a physical device, is more or less limited.

That doesn't mean Apple isn't innovating, but most innovation right now is happening behind the scenes.

New chips for connectivity. I remember a time before the H1 chip (AirPods). I remember keeping my phone in my left front pocket, and for some reason most wireless headphones at the time had the receiver in the right side, and I remember sound clipping every time I moved. Enter AirPods and the H1 chip, and I could suddenly leave my phone at my desk and go get coffee, and I would still have perfect sound. Before the H1 chip, having Class 1 bluetooth in a wireless headset was thought of as if not impossible, then at least impractical due to the power requirements, and then Apple proved everybody wrong. They're currently doing the same with chips for mobile and desktop usage, where their CPU power to Watt ratio continues to be the benchmark to beat.

While things right now feels like a "standstill" I have no doubt we're in for an interesting ride in 3-5 years. All signs point to mobile and desktops converging, meaning in a relatively short time your phone could become your desktop also.

Apple has been working on unifying apps across platforms, with iPadOS being the latest development. iPadOS 26 apps have menus, and window controls (traffic lights) like desktop apps, and yet can still run as legacy iPad apps, and most of them will also run on iPhones.

The major hurdle to making a "single device for mobile/desktop" is not technology. We have the technology, and the A19 Pro processor has as much power as an Apple M2 chip, which is certainly no slouch. The major hurdle is that nobody wants to use "desktop apps" on their phone, and nobody wants to use "mobile apps" on their desktop.

So, Apple may not innovate in a way that "you" like it, but it doesn't mean they're not innovating. As always, nobody is forcing anybody to buy products, so vote with your wallet. Apple is still a "for profit" company, and they will go where the money is.

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Post by Apocryphon »

pi-err wrote: post #199

Clickbait built on 2 fantasy notions: 1- that Jobs would somehow be the hero of a mythical arab/syrian culture and diversity politics who would have behaved differently than Cook towards Trump. If anything, Jobs cherished the white working suburban middle class of the west coast that has been destroyed in the last generations. He _never_ behaved as a white knight and nobody knows what he would have done (and nobody k…

Jobs seemed mostly apolitical, but a joke could be that he would've bankrolled RFK Jr. to victory in 2024, while forcing him to stick to the moderate position where he was in 2008 when Obama considered making him head of the EPA.

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Post by nikau »

8fingerlouie wrote: post #251
flohofwoe wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The Finder made all the same mistakes as Windows did. Tbf, the Finder is still crap (if only it would be nearly as good as Windows Explorer was in its heyday I would probably use it more), and the UNIX terminal is pretty much needed to make a Mac usable in the first place - which is fine though, because the UNIX-ness was exactly why I switched to Mac ;)

> Tbf, the Finder is still crap (if only it would be nearly as good as Windows Explorer was in its heyday I would probably use it more) I have the exact opposite opinion. I loathe Windows Explorer, and relatively simply stuff like presenting a tree view is apparently some weird magic trick that only Apple has figured out how to do. Browsing SMB shares (or any other networked storage) is one shortcut away (cmd+k), and…

How is \\server\share any harder than finder?

Re: I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Post by wkat4242 »

avidiax wrote: post #15
daemonologist wrote: post #7

The title is appropriate, in that it feels to me that most of the awe has gone out of these products/keynotes. This is maybe down more to the maturity of the category(/ies) than any fault of Apple's though. Perhaps they can be blamed for failing to introduce exciting products in new categories. I do find that wireless earbuds actually last much longer than the wired variety, despite the non-replaceable batteries. Bac…

Apple is a hostage of its own marketing. A modular iphone that has an easy to replace battery, easy to replace screen and is maybe 2mm thicker to account for it? That would be a sellout. A convertible Macbook Air with a touch screen? It would be sold out. Neckband-style airpods with all-day battery life? Might not sell out, but would be popular. A best-in-class TV powered by Apple TV? Would probably sell well. But al…

A thicker phone with more battery life would be amazing tbh. The whole industry is focusing on thinness too much.

Re: I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

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Post by aucisson_masque »

snowwrestler wrote: post #89

> it’s a company that I feel has lost its alignment with me and other long-time Apple users and customers. When OS X debuted there was a daytime radio talk show in my area called “The Computer Guys.” They capably covered all sorts of computing topics, but were clearly long-time Apple dudes. And they spent weeks complaining about what a disaster OS X was. The Dock was useless and violated Apple’s HIG. The Finder made…

I wish it was possible. I bought an iPhone 13 mini that was running well.

now if I want to stay secured I got to regularly update the phone and eventually get iOS 26, which will make the phone horrendous.

What choice do I have ?

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