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Those who buy apple products deserve each other.
Exactly my thoughts. "Let's jailbreak this, bypass that, circumvent that one thing..." Why do you subject yourself to this with a device you paid hundreds of dollars for?
As much as I'd like to have an iPhone, I'd rather not.
As an aside, it's the same thing with game consoles. Is the whole "you must be connected to the internet" thing still happening? That's what has been preventing me from getting a new xbox, for example.
Steam Deck is pretty awesome in the offline gaming regard, if that's what you might be looking for.
I'd argue that there are a lot of offline mode frustrations with Steam but none of them are Steam's fault, they are all due to individual games online requirements or DRM implementations.
Uh, it's actually quite the opposite, most games you need to at least open them one time while connected to the internet for offline to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itBscLjRCPc
Steam literally warns you for every game. It tells you if you need to be online once or online every time. I don't think you can blame them. If you buy games that require an online activation you can't get upset that you can't play offline.
Example games:
I do wish that this wasn't hidden inside of the "Steam Deck Compatibility" section. (There is a yellow box about third-party DRM outside, but for the details you need to click the Steam Deck Compatibility box) But that is my only complaint.
Personally I just don't buy these games.
But that is not the fault of Steam Deck, which was discussed.
At least you can run the games in offline, even when you have to log in the first time.
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I remember way back when I had my iPod Touch 4 (haven't touched Apple since then) that I (intentionally) jailbroke it simply by tapping a button on a website in Safari. It was an exploit that used a bug in iOS's PDF software, I believe.
I remember that technique as well. I thought it was neat.
I have a macbook and I'm quite happy, what am I doing wrong?
Honestly? Nothing. People just say this kind of thing because we like to tinker with our devices. If what you bought satisfies your needs and you don't need more, that's just ok. Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use, so that's what I go for, but not everyone is the same
That's kind of my point. I don't get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.
People identify the business decisions that Apple makes to be anti-consumer. They then feel frustration and anger for users of Apple products as support for their products only emboldens Apple to continue making anti-consumer decisions, such as the subject of this article.
Apple is a microcosm representation of the evils of capitalism for many people and they project their feelings about it - powerlessness, disgust, anger, etc. - onto users of Apple products. People associate support for iPhones which enjoys a 61% US market share as support for the boot of capitalism on our throats regardless of whether the Apple user doesn't know, doesn't care, or doesn't agree.
Also Apple's anti-consumer decisions usually transfer to other places (such as Android) aswell, because they have a lot of influence on the rest of the market.
Pretty much this. If other brands see the vitriol, then they might think "well, guess not being that way is a way to be competitive".
If everyone sounds perfectly cool with that facet, then everyone else goes "sweet, the Apple way gives the vendor more control over the customer, and control over the customer is valued, if we think we can get away with it"
If it just remains Apple who did it i wouldn't mind but there they are a bit of a product leader.
Off forging the way ahead for under consumer BS everywhere.
Agreed. This is what I was implying by citing their OS market share in mobile devices in the US and I could have clarified better.
So kind of moral consumerism thing?
If labeling it helps you to understand it, sure.
I just wanted to clarify if I understood the point correctly, labeling just shortens the answer.
I don't know if you understand the point. I and other users have tried to help. If you have any more specific questions, just ask.
That's why I summarized and asked if that's the case. The hypothesis from the person I replied to, seemed to be that it's due to people believing there is some moral obligation in consumer choice and it extending to apple making questionable, consumer unfriednly decision, therefore they can be mad and rude towards people buying apple products. I can get it.
A MacBook is the only Apple product I'm happy with cause it's actually open in terms of being able to install any app I want and modify some things like how windows are managed.
I had an iPhone, but for my use case they are just to expensive. I have a 100 euro android phone that does everything I ever need.
Come back when you have a problem with your keyboard*, or your drive, or charging issue. Repairability is downright bad now.
I like OSX well enough.* I like the form factor of the MacBooks now that they have escape keys again. It's been 9 years since they made a MacBook that was reasonably decent to work on from the inside though. Even swapping a broken screen out is* like 3 hours now.
There are 3 kind of people when talking about Apple: 1- fanatics who support Apple, 2-fanatics who hate Apple and think you cannot like it, 3- and finally those who just look at the product without thinking about the brand but what you can do with the product (if it suits your needs or not). It seems like you are that third kind of person.
You're supporting manipulative evil business practices.
Don't get people that upset by using microsoft or google products. It something about apple that makes people quite unhinged.
Uhh no. If you think that, you're not paying attention at all. Most of the main feed of Lemmy is raging at Google right now and Microsoft is only catching a break because Bill Gates recently got together with ultra wealthy people writing a letter asking to be taxed.
Not the companies the users of their products.
We've been pushing people to lessen their reliance on Google for ages now. We've even been developing a replacement software store Suite called FUTO! The difference between Apple and Google though, is that Apple's users continue on despite Apple being so very obviously evil. Google is at least being a creep about it.
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Love that you yourself used a youtube link. I find it very interesting how judgmental people almost always put themselves outside the measures they apply to other people.
That's where I find Louis Rossmann and his audience.
You are ok with people who repair macbooks but not with people who own macbooks, the plot thickens.
Oh, you're one of those. We're done here.
Sorry to disappoint you. So you are judgmental and somehow thin skinned - best combo.
but apple sets "standards" that other companies blindly follow. it's the reason why we have non-removable batteries, no charger inside the box, no audio jack, etc.