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Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by GeekyBear »

KeplerBoy wrote: post #289
embedding-shape wrote: post #134

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Before the iPhone, what was their attempts at that? I remember using OSX a bunch before the iPhone was public, but never remember any of the ways they tried to lock it down, I might have been too young then.

Getting music on an ipod was always a pain unless you bought the music on itunes or ripped a music CD directly with itunes (yes, that was an actual feature. hard to imagine these days). No simple drag and drop onto a mounted USB drive like all other mp3 players back in the day. Maybe more of a lock-in attempt instead of lock down, but related imo.

Anything you dropped into your computer's MP3 directory would sync to your iPod. It didn't matter where you got the music from.

The restriction was that an iPod would only sync tracks from one computer at a time, which was a demand of the music rights holders.

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Post by wazdra »

pram wrote: post #175
embedding-shape wrote: post #134

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Before the iPhone, what was their attempts at that? I remember using OSX a bunch before the iPhone was public, but never remember any of the ways they tried to lock it down, I might have been too young then.

"locked down" is a vague, moving target. The criticisms of pre-OSX MacOS was that it was an operating system for little babies, and not serious tech enthusiasts and power users. Also they were too expensive, and you can build a PC that is 100000x more powerful for cheaper. This literally hasn't changed.

Are you being sarcastic? This has definitely changed with Apple Silicon. Looking at hardware value, the M-series are way more competitive than the Intel macs ever were, and if you want to run an LLM locally, they are undefeated.

However, it is quite ironic that while the value of their hardware has sharply increased, their software has become the slop that everyone is complaining about.

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Post by everdrive »

soapdog wrote: post #302
everdrive wrote: post #10

Another nail in the coffin, but the author fails to realize that the only viable answer here is to move towards relying on your smartphone as little as possible. You can get a fairphone, or whatever, but will anything in the real world (outside of old fashioned websites) actually talk to the thing?

author here, the post was mostly about desktop. I don't rely on my phone much but I need it to work as expected when needed.

Thanks for the correction. I latched onto the phone parts, and maybe too hastily.

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Post by ozten »

MrDrMcCoy wrote: post #295
ozten wrote: post #210

Luckily, the author will face no frustrations with Ubuntu or whatever Linux OS they migrate to. Flawless UX. Zero compromises.

It's really gotten better in the last few years. Try a spin of Fedora sometime to see the latest polish.

I have been an active user for almost 30 years. You can tell by my comment.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by macintux »

gib444 wrote: post #288
MrDrMcCoy wrote: post #274

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A smartphone is a tool that is all but required for modern life, it gets it's hooks into every detail of your life, and you have very little choice in providers, features, and functions. It makes a lot less sense to not care like this.

What can't you do without a smartphone in the UK or wherever you live? Specifically a smartphone, not just a phone number for SMS + calls.

Not the person to whom you're responding, but for me, some of the heavy hitters:

- Real-time weather alerts (I spend a lot of time in a naked Jeep in the summer, it's helpful to know when rain is imminent)

- Work-related authentication

- Audiobooks

- High quality, always available camera with quick editing and instant sharing capabilities

- GPS tracking when I'm exploring

- Find restaurants, museums, hotels when I'm traveling

- Pay for nearly anything (credit cards are useful but more time-consuming, and pulling them out frequently is a minor friction point that I'm grateful to leave behind)

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by yzydserd »

I was pleasantly surprised by the age verification. "Based on the age of your Apple account you are verified as being at least 18 years old". Done. Tempus fugit.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by MrDrMcCoy »

nodesocket wrote: post #233

You’ll be back. Have you tried Windows 11 lately? Want an exercise in self-restraint not plowing yours fist through your monitor? Use Windows. Microsoft as Steve Jobs said has no taste. They hire the cheapest international engineers who take zero accountability and perfection in their work. Everything is just, that will do. Good enough.

Author is going to Linux, which has really gotten smooth in the last few years. I've been able to hand it to tech illiterate friends and not once get a tech support call. Everything you might need has a working, polished implementation. Give it a try sometime :)

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Post by soapdog »

sgt wrote: post #304
soapdog wrote: post #292

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I'm the author, some of the tahoe issues can be seen in: https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/ https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-... there are a lot more, but I don't have the links handy.

Agree the icons are unnecessary and silly. Apple should know better. The corners haven't bothered me much, I like seeing a bit of a gap down there, and I haven't had issues dragging it but that could be because I'm using a regular USB mouse and not a trackpad. I've been a macOS user (or OS X rather back then) since 2003. It was truly a blessing to finally get a proper UNIX™ on the desktop. I was on Linux in the 7-8 y…

Everything after Snow Leopard has been downhill in my opinion :3 macOS still my favourite unix but it started feeling is no longer my unix anymore, I'm just a glorified tennant.

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by MrDrMcCoy »

dbvn wrote: post #91

Apple bothers me less than Microsoft. At least Apple has been consistent. "Our hardware, our software"... while Microsoft plays all these games. At the end of the day, there's never been a solution for people who care about this stuff other than Linux.

Linux is a pretty good choice these days, and requires you to sacrifice nothing in terms of functionality :)

Re: Apple Just Lost Me

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Post by soapdog »

afandian wrote: post #327
soapdog wrote: post #271

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Author here. Thanks for engaging is such gentle way, this is rare these days. Let me address some of your comments and maybe you'll understand my position a bit better even if you don't agree. > 1.Gatekeeping. OK, fine, but at the very least this has been Apple's stance for a very long time now (the author talks about faxing credit card details), so it's not like it's something new. If you wanted full unfettered inst…

Are you ruling out sending a photo of your driving license? It's absolutely nuts that you have to. But it's an option?

that's the thing, it is not an option. The only option is credit card, that is what drove me nuts. If it had other options, it would still be bad, but I'd have a way to solve it even if made me angry. Now, the only way to solve this is literally to order a credit card from my bank and then use it. Which is bonkers.
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