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[–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

They tell me phone is missing some parts

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  • [–] 44 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    "It was better when one of the worst people who ever lived was in charge."

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    He was a fucking psycho who only cared about product quality, so if you were a customer, it kinda ruled. If you had any other interaction with him it was probably hell.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    That's not all he cared about.

    He also cared about manipulating entire markets to make everything more expensive to undercut any economies of scale and turn it all into profit at the customer's expense. He was a goddamn pioneer at that.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

    Apple has been a shitty company for a good 15 years now.

    Ever since they force the app store into their Desktop OS. There are certain signs a company gives when they're become overly adversarial with customers.

    Right now Android are giving those signs.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    When did they force an app store on the desktop os?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Some time between Snow Leopard and that free version of the OS they offered. I think it was Mavericks (10.10).

    You'll have to look into yourself.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)

    But yeah technically you could still run a Classic II with OS6.9 and never have to upgrade if that's your point.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Getting apps outside the App Store is trivial. Even unsigned apps.

    There are better things to be mad at Apple about.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago

    One of my machines is a mac.
    They set up an app store many years ago, but it was never forced or required. Just install stuff the way you always did, and forget that the app store application exists.

    Or are you mixing it up with the developer signing thing? That shit was annoying, and needed a terminal command to disable.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago

    owns an iphone

    ah i see where your problem is

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    They were shit forever but it started to show during the Samsung vs Apple years. Jobs said he would go nuclear to not make Android a thing. Any company that want to control every aspect of your digital life is bad. It's like a boyfriend telling his girlfriend, "you're not allowed to have friends that are guys anymore. I'm the only man you talk to". Not a perfect analogy, but it conveys the idea.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    hates apple. has an iphone.

    jfc

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Everyone loves apple. Until they get told their 2-year device that needs servicing is now 'legacy', and no longer supported/ serviceable.

    Seriously. I never had a laptop hardware failure before my mbp. Which cost 1.5x as much.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    My Macbook M1 Air lasted 3.5 years before the logic board died. Although to be fair that's longer than my HP laptops.

    The Apple representative though told me that support for the laptop would end in a year or two which is sad because it's still a very capable laptop otherwise. Asahi Linux is a neat project, won't help with firmware updates though.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Not every one behind that ‘genius bar’ is also ‘genius technician’!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    It's definitely exploitative, probably fraudulent, customer service, but that's not really planned obsolescence.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Amelio era was peak Apple

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